THE FORESTS OF SUSSEX 303 



stated in the Close Rolls of 1206, but during a long minority 

 in the time of Henry III., and again in the time of Edward I., 

 came under the control of the Crown. The chief point of 

 interest in its history is the disputes that arose as to the deer 

 between the earls and the archbishops of Canterbury, who 

 claimed the hunting. There was an appeal to Rome on the 

 subject in 1238, and it was not until 1258 that the renewed dis- 

 putes were finally settled by an agreement that the archbishop 

 might, on giving notice to the forest ministers, hunt once a year 

 when going to or returning from his manor of Slindon, with six 

 greyhounds, but with no other kind of dogs, nor with bows ; 

 and that if more than one beast was taken by the party, the 

 remainder were to be handed over to the earl. It was also 

 stipulated that the earl and his heirs should annually deliver 

 thirteen bucks and thirteen does to the archbishop at the 

 proper season. 



