138 THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND 



up 1298, gives definite particulars relative to Needwood forest. 

 It was then divided into the five wards of Yoxall, Barton, 

 Tutbury, Marchington, and Uttoxeter. 



In Yoxall ward the agistment of cattle produced 30^., the 

 sale of bark of lime trees 14^. $d. the pannage of swine 30^., 

 and court fees and escapes 6s. 8d. The sum of 'js. yd. was also 

 realised by the sale of eighty-eight hens, the customary payment 

 of the tenants. In this ward was Rowley Park, the profits of 

 which in herbage, mast, and wood was i 6s. 8d. The whole 

 profits of the ward came to 13 i$s. 



The profits of the ward of Barton from the like sources were 

 ,5 6s. gd. Barton Park was in this ward, together with a hay 

 called High Lindes. 



Tutbury ward, including the parks of Rolleston, Hanbury, 

 and Stockley, and Castlehay, produced 12 los. 8d. 



The hens, agistment, pannage, woodmote fees, etc., of 

 Marchington ward, with the park of Agardsley, made receipts 

 to the amount of 6 is. Sd. 



The like sources in Uttoxeter ward, together with the herb- 

 age and mast of a hay called the More, produced ,3 i8s. q.d. 



The annual value of the whole forest, etc. (apart from all 

 demesne lands and manorial rights, which were ten times the 

 value of the forest), amounted at this date to ,41 i is. $d. 



There is also a full record extant of the forest accounts for 

 1313-14. Robert de Cruce was the receiver of Tutbury ward. 

 The receipts included 5^. $d. for the sale of forty-two hens ; 

 2s. 8d. for wood ; 2s. for passage of carts and pack-horses ; 

 26s. id. for agistment of cattle ; 103^. for agistment in Castle- 

 hay; 25.?. qd. for the like in Stokely Park, and 12^. in Hanbury 

 Park; Jis. 2d. for windstrewn boughs for deer in winter; 

 9-r. for shingles ; 8 for all underwood in the ward and Castle- 

 hay sold for deer in winter ; 8 for the like in Rolleston 

 Park, and 2 in Hanbury Park ; gd. for honey and wax ; 

 2s. q.d. for sale of a stray bullock ; 5 15^. 6d. in woodmote fees; 

 3.?. $^d. for sale of 167 old pales of Stokely Park, and 23^. 

 for the old pales of Hanbury Park ; yielding a total of 

 51 IQS. q.d. The expenses came to ^43 i8s. ^\d. ; the wages 

 of the men getting the deer-browse in the ward and Castlehay 

 amounted to i6s. 4^.; making 167 new pales for Stokely Park, 

 IQS. 4ff. ; and 3,?. for lock and door for the forest lodge at 



