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Archbishop of Canterbury and the abbot of Bruern with six 

 roers a piece for fuel. In the following year four bucks were 

 sent from Shotover, as the king's gift to Bartholomew de 

 Sutlegh ; in 1279, the abbot of Bruern had twelve oaks with 

 their strippings, from the wood of Cornbury, in Wychwood 

 forest. 



In 1280, six live does were sent to the Earl of Lincoln from 

 Wychwood to help to stock his park at Middleton ; and in 

 1284, eight live does and four bucks were granted to Thomas 

 de Charlcote towards stocking his park at Hasele. In 1281, 

 six bucks were given from this forest to the Earl of Warwick ; 

 in 1282, six bucks apiece to the Bishop of Worcester and to 

 John Lovel ; and in 1286, twelve more bucks to John Lovel. 

 From Shotover forest, six bucks were given in 1281 to James 

 de Ispannia, nephew of Queen Eleanor, the king's consort ; and 

 six bucks in 1283 to Geoffrey de Lucy. In 1288, James de 

 Ispannia obtained three bucks from Wychwood, and three 

 from Bernwood. 



Among the timber grants from Wychwood may be men- 

 tioned fuel trees for the Dominican friars in 1281 ; eighty cart- 

 loads of brushwood for the king's fuel in 1282 ; fuel trees for 

 Alphonsus de Ispannia, another of the queen's kinsmen, then 

 at the schools at Oxford, in 1285 > an d timber for the building 

 of the church of the Carmelite friars at Oxford, in 1286. 



The Patent Rolls of Edward I. also supply various incidental 

 references to the Oxfordshire forest. In 1279, the king par- 

 doned Walter de Hanborough for taking a buck in Wychwood 

 forest, on paying a mark as a fine. In 1281, the farm of 

 this forest, valued at 7 a year, was assigned as part of the 

 dower of Queen Eleanor, the king's mother. In the same 

 year there was a commission to deliver Oxford gaol of certain 

 young scholars, who were in custody there for forest trespasses 

 in Shotover. 



Licence was granted in 1282 to Richard de Wyliamescote, 

 to hold, during the minority of the heir of Thomas de Lang- 

 ley, deceased, the custody of the forest of Wychwood. 



Mandate was issued to the king's foresters, in 1283, not to 

 implead Edward Earl of Cornwall, the king's kinsman, 

 touching thirty-eight bucks, and two harts, lately taken by 

 him with the king's licence, to wit, in the forest of Wychwood 



