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and then up by a certain watercourse to tlie Pirle ; 

 and so up to Wichardesok ; and so to tlie Punde- 

 fold ; and so down by tbe Sbepewey to tbe Holewe- 

 euen, and then up by a certain fence to Adame's 

 Hale (Adam's Hall), and tbus by tbe assarts wbicb. 

 Jobn de Haldenbam (Aldenbam) bolds at a rent 

 of the king to the corner of Mokeleyes Eowe (Muck- 

 ley Row) ; and thence down to Yapenacres Merwey, 

 where the first land-mark of the Haye begins. 

 There was also, it was said, a certain bosc which the 

 King still held in the same forest, called Banthlegh 

 Haye (Bentley Haye)« 



In addition to this Haye there was the Haye of 

 Shirlot, opposite to which a portion of the forest in 

 the fifth of Henry III.'s reign was ordered to be 

 assarted, which consisted in grubbing up the roots 

 so as to render the ground fit for tillage. 



In connection with these Hayes, generally a staff 

 of foresters, verderers, rangers, stewards, and re- 

 garders was kept up ; and forest courts were also 

 held at stated times (in the forest of the Clee every 

 six weeks), at which questions and privileges con- 

 nected with the forest were considered. Philip de 

 Baggesour, Forester of the Fee in the king's free 

 Haye of Schyrlet in 1255, in the Inquisition of 



