210 THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND 



prison (and he is ransomed elsewhere). And it is witnessed that 

 Robert, the son of Agnes, is dead ; therefore nothing of him. And 

 the aforesaid Peter dwells in the same county ; therefore the sheriff 

 is ordered, etc." 



Sir William de Vesey and his fellow justices finding that 

 the king had sustained many losses since the last eyre held 

 by Robert de Neville and others, arising in many instances 

 from the assize of the forest not being sufficiently observed, 

 it was by them provided : 



That all verderers, in accordance with the charter of the 

 forest, were to assemble every forty days to hold attachments 

 for vert and venison and small pleas. 



That they were to present a single roll of vert and venison 

 to the justices in eyre, and not each one a separate roll for 

 his own bailiwick. 



That anyone dwelling in the forest found felling a green 

 oik be attached for the next attachment court, there to find 

 pledges till the next eyre, and to pay the price to the 

 verderers ; a second offence to be dealt with in like manner ; 

 but for a third offence to be imprisoned at Nottingham, and 

 there kept till he be delivered by the king or justice of the 

 forest. 



That anyone dwelling outside the forest committing any 

 trespass against the vert, his body is to be committed to 

 prison till he be delivered by the king or justice ; for a third 

 offence he is also to lose his horses and cart or his oxen and 

 wagon, or their price, and that price is to be paid at the 

 next attachment to the verderers for the king's use. 



That those dwelling in the forest caught cutting saplings, 

 branches, or drywood from oaks, or hazels, or thorns, or limes, 

 or alders, or hollies, or such-like trees without warrant, are to 

 be attached by two good pledges to come to the next attach- 

 ment court, there to be amerced for the king ; but if it be for 

 a sapling which is of greater price than <\d. or any higher 

 sum, to be attached until the next eyre. 



That escapes of beasts of the plough into the forest be 

 pleaded in the attachments, and amends taken for the use of 

 the king. 



That no man carry bows or arrows in the forest, outside 



