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sented by the foresters paid i2d. as fines for suffering foals and 

 mares to wander in the ward, and smaller fines for plough- 

 cattle and sheep. At a Duffield ward woodmote of the same 

 year, several vert trespassers were presented for carrying off 

 loads of green oak and of whitethorn. 



The accounts of Duffield Forest, as returned to the duchy 

 receiver-general, from Michaelmas, 1313, to Michaelmas, 

 1314, are exceptionally full and detailed. 



For Belper ward William de Simondsley was the receiver, 

 and his receipts, including arrears from previous years of over 

 8, amounted to 109 us. n^d. Six score hens were sold for 

 i$s. to supply the lord's table at Donnington, and 3-r. 4^. was 

 obtained elsewhere for another score. The winter agistment 

 of plough-cattle throughout the ward realised 7^. ud., and the 

 summer agistment 4 is. ^d. The summer agistment fees 

 for Morley park were $is. , and the herbage of a close near the 

 park gate sold for i2d. There were no receipts that year from 

 the little park of Belper. Thirty-four acres of meadow at 

 Belper laund realised 33^. 2d. Not more than twelve acres 

 were mown there for the coming of the lord to Belper ; that 

 was, we suppose, to supply the horses of his retinue with 

 fodder. Twenty acres were mown there for storage for the 

 lord at the deer-house, and twenty acres more for a like 

 purpose (i.e. for winter food for the deer) at Bullsmore. 

 Twenty-three acres of meadow grass in Morley park were 

 sold for i8s. \\d., and the residue was cut and stored for the 

 lord. The fishing of the Derwent was let for 5^., and ^s. 

 was paid by fowlers for licence to catch birds in the ward. 

 There was no honey or wax entered for the year. Wood and 

 bark sales realised 19^. An unclaimed stray ox was sold for 

 8s. , while 6d. was paid to redeem a stray calf, and 2s. to 

 redeem two stirks. The large sum of 13 los. was obtained 

 for getting coal at " Denebyhuyrum." The ward woodmote 

 fines and court fees brought in ,4 $s. lod. But far the largest 

 receipts of this ward were for the forges or smithies, for Belper, 

 as early as the beginning of the fourteenth century, had a 

 considerable sale for nails. One forge that was at work for 

 eleven weeks, save four days from Michaelmas to St. Thomas 

 the Apostle's Day, paid a farm rent or royalty of j 8s. io%d. ; 

 whilst two forges that were working twenty-four weeks, save 



