THE FOREST OF PICKERING in 



with vert and venison presentments, of their term of office. 

 Alexander, the son and heir of Bernard de Bergh, deceased, 

 appeared and handed in his father's rolls, and the same 

 happened with the sons of two other deceased verderers. In 

 two other cases the sons put in no appearance, and the sheriff 

 was ordered to seize the lands to compel attendances ; the sons 

 and heirs appeared before the court broke up, and were fined 

 40^. and five marks respectively. Two late verderers who were 

 living appeared and produced their rolls. William Ward, 

 late verderer, failed to appear, and writ was directed to sheriff; 

 afterwards he appeared, and was fined half a mark for 

 non-appearance the first day, and 5 for non-production of 

 of his rolls, which he said had been stolen from him, and he 

 knew not where they were. The successors of two other late 

 verderers (deceased) were fined ^3 for non-production of their 

 predecessors' rolls. 



It was reported that Roger Mansergh, late forester-of-fee 

 of the West ward, was dead, and that Petronilla, his daughter 

 and heiress, came to perform the duties of her office and make 

 her claim ; another forester-of-fee of the East ward, Roger 

 Bygod, late Earl of Norfolk, was dead, so that the same had 

 remained in the king's hands, and the constables of the castle, 

 at their own risk, had appointed at pleasure Hugh de Yeland 

 in his stead. 



The rolls of those who had been agisters since the last eyre 

 were also put in, in two cases by the sons and heirs of those 

 who were deceased. 



The constables of the castle, who were also wardens of the 

 forest, were called upon to present their rolls and the muni- 

 ments of the forest, since the last eyre held fifty-four years 

 ago they were Richard Skelton, William Levere, and Adam 

 Skelton, all dead, the order of the court in each case being, 

 "Let his successor appear and answer." Then came John 

 ^Dalton, a late constable, who produced his rolls. He was 

 followed by John Kilvington, who said that during all the 

 time he was constable, he was appointed, by commission from 

 Edward II., warden of the honor, castle, and forest of Picker- 

 ing, which was then for certain reasons in the king's hands, 

 and that as he had to render his account to the Exchequer all his 

 rolls and other forest documents were in the king's treasury, 



