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prestures, old and new, were to be likewise stated in full 

 detail. 



Orders were given in 1308 for the tithe of the whole venison 

 taken in Galtres to be delivered to the abbot and convent of 

 St. Mary's, York, in accordance with the grants of the king's 

 predecessors. In 1311, and on various subsequent occasions, 

 the king ordered the sheriff to cause new verderers to be 

 elected for Galtres in the place of those removed by the Crown 

 for insufficiency. Forest pleas were held at York in 1311, and 

 again in 1313. 



Various attachment court rolls of this forest, temp. Edward 

 II., are extant. There were six such courts held in 1313-17, 

 namely, three at Easingwold, two at Huby, near Sutton-on- 

 the- Forest, and one at " Hillulidgate." The fines imposed 

 were chiefly for taking wood by the cartload. The 

 Epiphany court at Huby imposed a fine of 6d. for twenty- 

 four such cases, and one of i2d. The fines at the Easingwold 

 court, at Ascensiontide, amounted to 18^., and included sixteen 

 at 6d., two at is., and four at 2s., all vert cases. The fines at 

 the St. John Baptist court at Huby included thirteen cases of 

 turning out horses at 6d. each, and one of $s. ^d. for the 

 irregular agisting of pigs. At another court there was a small 

 fine for collecting acorns. 



The number of courts held annually seems to have been 

 irregular ; but possibly those only are entered where there was 

 business to transact. Thus the rolls record eight courts in 

 1317-18 and eleven courts in 1318-19. In the latter year 

 William Carlton, butcher, of York, was fined 2s. for twelve 

 pigs taken in the forest in time of pannage. At the same court 

 the straying of a black runt or steer (unum runctum nigrurri) 

 cost the owner izd., and there was also a fine of 6d. for the 

 straying of a colt (pro haymaldatione j pullani). The pannage 

 of pigs at Huby brought in 3^. lod. ; at Easingwold, 26s. id. ; 

 .pigs were charged id. each, and little pigs \d. The fence 

 month payments of the different townships amounted to 

 IDS. id. ; cheminage dues to los. A much larger sum was 

 obtained when the dogs were lawed. In one year of this 

 reign the lawing fees amounted to g 8s. ; the payment 

 was 3-r. in each case, save in one instance, when the owner 

 pleaded poverty, and the fee was lowered to I2d. 



