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fifty hinds to be supplied for his use (salted venison) in the 

 coming season from Galtres forest ; in the same month he 

 instructed the sheriff of York to obtain a sufficiency of wood 

 and charcoal from this district against his coming visit to York 

 on the Sunday before Martinmas. 



Edward I., in 1280, gave the prioress and nuns of St. 

 Clement's, York, six oaks fit for timber out of Galtres, and 

 made a like gift to the Franciscans of Scarborough. In the 

 following year Geoffrey de Neville, the keeper, was ordered 

 to supply twelve bucks to the Earl of Surrey ; whilst six does 

 were presented to the Archdeacon of Newark in the ensuing 

 January. In the summer of 1283 there were numerous royal 

 gifts of bucks from Galtres ; on i8th September the keeper was 

 directed to supply Anthony Bek, the elect of Durham, with 

 twenty-five bucks. 



Philip le Lardiner, son and heir of David le Lardiner, 

 obtained seisin of the serjeanty of the forestry of the forest of 

 Galtres, after doing homage for it, in January, 1284, which 

 David at his death held of the king in chief. In the 

 same year the Franciscans of York obtained six oaks for 

 the work of their church ; whilst the dean of York (Robert de 

 Scarborough) obtained ten live does to help to stock his park 

 of Brotherton, and the master of St. Leonard's Hospital, York, 

 four live bucks and eight live does to stock a park of his. In 

 1286 a regard was ordered to be taken in preparation for a 

 forest eyre. 



On 28th October, 1307, the sheriff of York received a man- 

 date to assemble the foresters and regarders of Galtres to make 

 a regard prior to the arrival of the forest justices. They were 

 to elect new regarders in the place of those dead and infirm, so 

 that there were twelve in each regard. The foresters were to 

 swear to lead the twelve knights through their bailiwicks to 

 view all trespasses which were to be expressed in the written 

 capitula sent to the sheriff. The knights were to swear to 

 make a true regard, and if the foresters did not lead them, 

 or wished to conceal any forfeiture, the knights on that account 

 were not to omit to view the forfeiture. The regard was to be 

 made before the Feast of the Purification. Assarts made since 

 2 Henry III. were to be viewed, and their acreage, sowing, and 

 ownership, and all other particulars, written down. All pur- 



