3 i8 THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND 



greyhounds ; and for being a common hunter both by day and 

 night with ferrets and snares. Among the officials present at 

 the Clarendon swainmotes were two palers (palatiarii}, who 

 were responsible for the due upholding of the park fence. 



On 2ist August, 1487, the forest pleas for this forest and its 

 members was held at New Sarum before Justices Ratcliffe 

 and Grey. 



An interval of eighteen years had elapsed since the pleas 

 had been held, for the last justice seat was in 9 Edward IV. 

 (1469). The attendance of officials of Clarendon forest or 

 park was considerable : Thomas Arundell, the keeper ; Sir 

 T. Milborne, the lieutenant, and Walter Parker his deputy ; 

 Roger Holes, the ranger, and John Mue his deputy ; John 

 Shotter, the launder, and William Foster his deputy ; the four 

 foresters, one for each of the four bailies ; the two verderers, 

 Roger Bulkeley and Druce Mompesson, both entered as 

 esquires ; four woodwards ; and twelve regarders. 



For the forest or park of Milchet there were a separate set 

 of officials : Edmund Earl of Arundel was the keeper, and 

 there were also a deputy lieutenant, two verderers, two 

 rangers and a forester, as well as woodwards and regarders. 



There were also present woodwards of three outlying 

 districts, and one for the forest of Groveley, together with the 

 bailiffs of five different hundreds wherein parts of the forests 

 of Clarendon and Milchet were situated. The whole list was 

 signed by Sir John Turbervyle, the sheriff, who was, of course, 

 bound to meet the justices. 



The customary perquisites of the officials were enumerated. 

 The keeper of Clarendon was entitled each year to one roer 

 and two bucks, and each forester and ranger to a roer and 

 two oaks. For Milchet the verderers had two roers and a 

 buck, the forester one roer and his deputy the same, the 

 ranger one roer, the regarders a buck and a roer to be divided 

 among them, and the clerk of the Her two roers. 



The Austin priory of Ivychurch, founded by Henry II. 

 within the forest of Clarendon, appears to have been estab- 

 lished for the twofold object of providing a spiritual centre for 

 the denizens of the forest, and for the needs of the royal 

 household at their Clarendon seat. Various early charters 

 provide for the canons being held responsible for the religious 



