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he asked for privy seal confirming his claims to be directed to 

 the justices itinerant. 



The verderers and regarders presented at this eyre that 

 Nicholas, the warden, had killed, since the last iter, twenty 

 deer, male and female ; also that William Colwych, one of the 

 foresters, had taken within his baily two stalls of bees with 

 their wax, of the value of 5^. 



Various forest offences alleged against the warden at this 

 eyre were held by the justices to be proved, and he was re- 

 moved from his office. In 1497 various trespasses and hurts to 

 the forest done by Sir Nicholas were presented before Roger 

 Cheyne (late lieutenant of the forest) who had succeeded him 

 as warden, and the verderers, when he was charged with killing 

 the deer at Christmas. 



" Item the said Sir Nicholas, abbot of Misrule, came into the said 

 forest on New Yeres Eve and there made chase and rechase and 

 kylled ij dere, and also servauntes of the said Sir Nicholas Lyles 

 commyth dayly into the forest and makyth chase and rechase that the 

 dere may not lye in rest." 



In a further statement to the king, Sir Nicholas claimed that 

 his ancestors had for a long time held the wardenship of 

 Chute forest on payment of a rent of icw., and finding seven 

 foresters at his own cost to walk and keep the forest ; that 

 all the time there had been a forest lodge for the petitioner to 

 rest and live in for sure keeping until lately, when Sir William 

 Sandes entered upon it, and he prayed to be restored to it or 

 have a new one built ; and that the charges against him had 

 been made by malicious and evil-disposed persons. 



The king's lodge here referred to was at "Fyckele" or 

 " Fynkeley " within the forest. It underwent considerable 

 repair at the beginning of this reign. For the new roofing 

 7,000 shingles were provided at a cost of 20^., and 500 shingle 

 nails at 8d. 



On payment of certain fines, Sir Nicholas Lysle was at 

 length, in 1501, granted a royal pardon and restored to his 

 wardenship. 



GROVELEY 



The Wiltshire forest of Groveley was half in the hundred 

 of Cadworth and half in the hundred of Branch and Dole. 



