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" Item in the thyrd yere now last past, a soure and teg-ge. 

 " Item now in faunsumty 6 dyed in fawnyngf. ij does. 

 " Item delyvered to Master Bourghchyer for ij yere, ij Bukken. 

 " Item Master John of Stanley killed in the seid parke j Bukke. 

 " Item my lord of Derby servauntes killed in the seid parke 

 j Tegg-e." 



The same justices, before they came to Guildford, had held 

 the forest pleas for the Berkshire division of Windsor forest, 

 at New Windsor, on 4th August, 1488. Sir Thomas Bourchier 

 and Sir William Norris were respectively keeper and lieutenant, 

 as in the Guilford division. There were also present bailiffs 

 and deputies of the bailiwicks of Fenie Wood and Finchamp- 

 stead, and bailiffs of the respective liberties of the bishops of 

 Salisbury and Winchester, the bailiff of Elizabeth the Queen ; 

 representative burgesses of Windsor ; the late and present 

 verderers ; twelve regarders, six of whom were esquires ; and 

 jurors for the hundreds of Bray, Cookham, and Sonning. 



Those that claimed at this eyre special liberties in the actual 

 forest of Windsor were Elizabeth, Queen of England'; the 

 bishops of Winchester and Salisbury ; the abbots of Reading, 

 Abingdon, Waltham, Westminster, Stratford Langthorn, 

 Cirencester, and Chertsey ; the priors of Hurley, Bisham, 

 and Merton ; the prioresses of Bromehall and Ankerwyke, the 

 dean and canons of Windsor, the provost and college of Eton, 

 the dean and chapter of Salisbury, the mayor and citizens of 

 New Windsor, the duchess of Norfolk, and two laymen. 



A singular case to come under any kind of forest court was 

 that of John Pomfreth, the tenant of a mill-race (gurges}, at 

 a place called Hornedroare; he was fined i2d. for not supplying 

 drink to the inhabitants when making their Rogation-tide per- 

 ambulation, according to custom. 



Henry VIII. was passionately fond of the chase and of sport 

 in all its forms, so that it is not surprising to find various 

 references to his experiences in this royal forest throughout 

 the papers of his reign. His chief sporting companion was 

 Sir William Fitzwilliam, and on him he conferred the keeper- 

 ship of the Surrey side of the forest. Richard Weston was 

 another of the hunting set, and on him, in 1511, the king 

 conferred the lieutenancy of the castle and forest of Windsor, 

 together with the office of bow-bearer. Another of his boon 



