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towards the east ; all the towne of Sutton-in-Ashfield, with 

 the fields of the same ; and the hamlets adjoyninge the 

 towneshippe of Bulwell, with the wood adjoyninge that is 

 called Bulwell Rise, and the King's Hay of Wellay. Item, 

 the wood of the Archbishop of York, that is called Little 

 Hagh, was disafforested by John of Lithgrows, and after- 

 wards all the towneshippes aforesaid, w th hedges and 

 woods adjoining, were put again into the forest by the 

 aforesaid Kiug Edward, son of King Henry III.' 



" The places which were thus again put into the forest 

 were parts of the old demesnes of the Crown, even as far 

 back as the time of Edward the Confessor. 



"From an Inquisition of the 35th of Henry III. it appears 

 that there were within the forest three keepings, viz., the 

 first between Leen and Doverbeck, the second being the 

 High Forest, and the third Rumewood ; and that Robert 

 Everingham, as chief keeper, ought to have a chief servant 

 sworn, going through all the forest at his own costs, to 

 attach trespassers and present them at the attachments 

 before the verderers. In the first keeping he must have 

 one forester riding, with a page and two foresters on 

 foot, and there were to be also two verderers and two 

 agisters ; in this keeping were three hays, or parks, viz., 

 Beskwood Hay, Lindby Hay, and Welley Hay. In the 

 second keeping, or the High Forest, Robert ought to have 

 two foresters riding, with their two pages, and two foresters 

 on foot without pages ; and there were to be two verderers 

 and two agisterers ; in this keeping there were two hays, 

 viz , Birkland and Billahaugh, and also the park of Clipston, 

 and in these hays and parks two verderers and two agisters. 

 In the third keeping, Ru me wood, Robert ought to have 

 one forester on foot, aud there were to be two woodwards, 

 one for Carburton and another for Budby, also two verd- 

 erers and two agisters. He ought also to have a page 

 bearing his bow through the forest, to gather chiminage. 

 By the same document it is made clear that the hays of 

 Linby, Birkland, and Billahaugh, and the park of Clipston, 



