170 THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND 



grete harmys and wronge exacion that they have done to hym 

 agaynst all right and good concyence and this atte the reverence 

 of God and in way of Charyte. And your said besecher shall ever 

 pray to God for the good preservation of your good maistership long 

 to endure." 1 



At the same time, Robert Hollingworth, of Bowden, com- 

 plained to the chancellor that one John Bromall, a servant 

 of John Savage's, "a myschiefes man and outlawed for dyvers 

 murdores and fellones," at Savage's instigation, put out the 

 complainant from his house and lands which he held of the 

 king by chief rent, and threatened to kill him if he tried to 

 claim it. Also that John Shallcross, bailiff of the High Peak, 

 George Bagshawe, and other servants of Savage's, pulled down 

 the floors of his house, damaged the walls, carried off divers 

 "grete arkes and coffers," tables, household furniture, and 

 other "erlomes." He had sought to obtain redress from John 

 Savage, but in vain, and was in danger of his life if he ventured 

 into that part of the country. 



Sir John Savage's answer to this charge is filed. It is to the 

 effect that Hollingworth was attainted of felony, and that 

 Savage, as steward, thereupon seized the house and land and 

 transferred the tenancy to Bromall. 2 



During the reign of Henry VIII. two great courts of attach- 

 ment for the whole forest were held yearly at Tideswell in 

 August and October, as well as various smaller courts, of 

 which many records are extant. At the great courts all the 

 foresters-of-fee of the three wards had to be present personally 

 or by deputy. At a great court of attachment held in October, 

 1515, twelve offenders were fined for lopping trees in the woods 

 of Ashop and Edale. One of these, John Marshall, was fined the 

 heavy sum of 6s. &/. ; and another, Edward Barbour, 13^-. 4^. 

 The entries are very brief, and the aggravating circumstances 

 concerning these two transgressions are not named. 



Smaller courts for the Campana ward were held at Tideswell 

 on 30th November, 1518, and on 2yth March, 1519. At the 

 former there were no presentations ; at the latter four vert 

 transgressors were fined for lopping in the aggregate sum 

 of i^d. 



1 Duchy Depositions, I. H. 10. - Ibid., ioa. 



