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PREFACE 



practically no information with regard to any royal forests 

 within their confines. 



If these pages arouse greater interest in the much neglected 

 story of England's royal forests, it will be an abundant reward 

 for no small amount of time and trouble expended on record 

 searching and on general reading in the pursuit of a subject 

 that was at one time so widely developed, and had so great an 

 influence on our social and economic life. 



J. CHARLES COX 



ST. ALBANS, SYDENHAM 

 July, 1905 



