8o THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND 



In the same year .18 was disbursed for twelve " brasshorns" 

 for the king's huntsmen. 



A brief undated account of all the forests within the Duchy 

 of Lancaster during the reign of George I. names the 

 following : 



Lancashire. Quarnmore, Blasedale, and Wyersdale ; "the 

 inhabitants inclose divers partes thereof, and doe therein what 

 seemes good to them." 



Amounderness ; the like. 



"The parke of Myerscough and the Keepership; lately granted 

 to Benjamin Houghton, Esq., during pleasure; by the same 

 grant he is steward of the forest of Quarnmore, and account- 

 able to the king for the profits. The herbage of the park of 

 Myerscough leased to Tildersley, Esquire." 



Yorkshire. The park of Ackworth, granted with the manor 

 to the city of London, in which there is a covenant for keeping 

 the park stored with deer, "near the Castle of Pontefract, 

 which hath been and was (4 Charles I.) a most princely struc- 

 ture," razed to the ground in the civil wars. 



The park of Pontefract, leased to Robert Monkton, Esquire, 

 saving all great trees, etc. 



The forest of Pickering Castle and manor leased for 99 years 

 to Mr. Dallowe, but not the forest. 



The forest of Knaresborough ; large encroachments. 



Staffordshire. The forest of Needwood ; granted to William, 

 Duke of Devonshire, William, Marquis of Hartington, and 

 Henry Lord Cavendish, with the offices of Steward of the 

 House, and Constable of the Castle of Tutbury, Lieutenant of 

 the Forest, Master of the Game, and Bailiff of the New 

 Liberties. 



Castlehey park ; granted for 99 years, in 1677, to Henry 

 Seymor, Esquire. 



The parks of Hanbury and Tutbury ; granted for 99 years, 

 in 1698, to Edward Vernon, Esq. 



Hylings and Russey parks ; granted for 99 years, in 1698, to 

 Sir John Turton. 



Buckinghamshire. Olney park and Silwood coppice ; 

 granted to James Earl of Northampton, for 99 years, in 1673. 



Hampshire. Samborne or How park ; granted in 1663 to 

 Mrs. Mary Blagge, widow. 



