320 THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND 



By warant of the Erie of Essex, Justice of Forest in Claryngdon 

 and the members to y e same 



xij Rowers by severall warrantes ye xvij yere of K. E 



j warante for the home copis in Claryngdon A xviij 



j warante for the old parke A xxi 



j warante for x u of trees in Claryngdon A xxij 



j warante for viij marke of trees in Claryngdon A xix 



j warante for vj 11 [worth of trees] Bukholte A xiiij 



By warant of William Erie of Arundell, Justice of Foreste 



j warante for Calumhill copis A pr Ric tercij 



j warante for ye logiis of Assheldy and Cheveley A ij R. 



j warante for x" of trees in Claryndon A ij H. vij 



j warante for y e copis of vij Rales in Claryngdon A ij H. vij 



By warantey of Kyng Richard. 



xx doys the ij d yere of his reigne 



c trees for to make Salte peter and Gunepowder 



By warantes of Kyng Harry the vij tb 



xij doys the firste yere of his reigne 

 xviij doys the same yer 

 xx doys the iij d yer of his reigne 

 As many trees as drawith to xx h 



The Crown, in 1576, called upon the regarders of Milchet, 

 Richard Bacon and Thomas Gauntlett, to return certificates in 

 reply to articles of interrogation which had been forwarded to 

 them. The following are their answers, the more important 

 or interesting parts being cited verbatim : 



" We do saye that ther ys remaynynge in the Custody of one of us 

 one Sealynge axe withe a peculye mark and one Bagge wheryn the 

 Same Axe ys Kepte. 



"That Richard Audley Esquire, the Keeper of the Forest of 

 Milchet, claims the windfall, and hath also taken five ' rotefall ' trees, 

 about 12 loads in all ; that he hath taken the rotefall trees without 

 any marking with the sealing axe ; and that he hath also taken 

 several dead oak trees similarly unmarked. 



"That the Keeper caused an oak to be fallen to make ' dogge 

 stakes for the Savegarde of the deere," which oak was fallen and 

 carried befor any view consideration or allowance of us the regarders, 

 the stem of which oak we have marked with the sealing axe. 



