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the value of 100 marks out of such parts of his wood of Bent- 

 ley, at the least damage to the forest. 



When a perambulation was taken of Feckenham forest in 

 1300, it was stated there was no forester-of-fee, and no verderer 

 for that part which was within the county of Warwick. 



The king made a considerable sojourn at Feckenham in 

 April, 1301 ; during that visit he granted a pardon to William 

 de Stapelhurst for taking a buck in this forest, and carrying it 

 away. 



Feckenham was finally disafforested in 1629. 



WARWICKSHIRE 



Early references to the forest of Warwickshire seem to apply 

 to that small part of the Feckenham forest (Worcester- 

 shire), which extended into the south-west border of the former 

 county, lying between the river Arrow and the boundary of 

 the two shires, and which was added to Feckenham in the 

 reign of John. The perambulation of 1300 states that there 

 was no forester nor verderer pertaining to the county, and 

 that at the date of the coronation of Henry II. there was no 

 forest anywhere in Warwickshire. 



The great woodland district of the Forest of Arden is so 

 closely associated with the north-west of Warwickshire that 

 unless the technical meaning of forest is borne in mind, the 

 assertion of the jurors, in the time of Edward I., as to its 

 absence would seem remarkably strange. 



HEREFORDSHIRE 



When special forest inquisitions were being held in 1219 

 and again in 1224, particular instructions were issued with 

 reference to a detailed regard, and mandates were directed to 

 the sheriff and others of Herefordshire with reference to the 

 forest of Hereford. Probably all that was meant by that term 

 was the south-east portion of the county that was included 

 within the bounds and purlieus of Dean forest, Gloucester- 

 shire. A large portion of the hundred of Greytree had been 

 made forest under Henry II. and John, but this was duly 

 disafforested by the Forest Charter of Henry III. An entry 



