FORESTRY 



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Southward walke, Pippinford walke, Hine leapewalke, Brodestone walke, Comedeane walke and 

 Whitedeane walke. 



Southward al s ) Southward in the parishes of Maresfield and Bucksteed begins at Milbrook 



Duddleswell Walke J in Nutley and thence goes up ye gill East to Beggars Bush and thence to 

 Blackpitt gill & thence to Crowborrow gate & then south and west to Pound Gate and Westwards 

 to Barnes gate and soe along the Pale rounding, and through Nutley to Milbrook againe. 



Pippinford ) Begins at Milbrooke affores d and thence west runs downe to Stonegate and thence 

 Walke J to litle stone gate below the vachery and soe to Chalwood gate and thence to Pike 

 church gill. And thence returns north east up the said gill to Witchcross, and thence along the gill 

 called depedeane gill unto ye steele Forge past the lodge & thence southward to Milbrooke againe. 



Hyneleape) Lying in the parishes of Maresfeild and Eastgrinsteed, begins at Pikechurch gill and 

 Walke J goes along west by ye Pale to Dallingridge & thence to Plowhatch gate and soe to 

 Leggesheath gate and thence Northward to Mudbrooke gate and claypitts gate, Kidsbrooke gate, to 

 Highgate, and thence southward to Honneywell and soe to Witchcross and thence to Pikechurch gill. 



Broadestone) Lying in ye parishes of East Grinsteed and Hartfeild, and in the north part of the 

 Walke Jsaid parke and begins at Highgate and goes along the pale eastward to playes gate 

 and Posternegate and soe to Blackegill into Hartfield Parish, and soe to quabocke, thence to Farmers 

 gate and colemans gate and thence to Newbridge gate and soe to Newbridge River, and thence South- 

 ward up the River to Steele Forge and thence westward along deep deane gill to Wichecross and thence 

 Northward to Honnywell and soe to Highgate. 



Comedeane ) Lying in ye Parish of Hartfeild and in ye north part of ye said Parke, begineth at 



Walke {Newbridge and goes along the pale to Chuckhatch gate, and soe to Readesgate and 



thence to Buckhurst pke and soe to Blackbrooke and thence southward to Landwelheade, thence to 



Newledge and thence to Beggars bush, and so to the three wards and downe the brooke to Steele 



Forge and soe to Newbridge. 



Whitedeane) Lying in Withiham parish, and in the east part of the s d park Eastward begins at 

 Walke j Blackebrooke ag st Buckhurst pke & passes along the pale by Fidges gate and frayes 

 gate and grubbs gate and so to Newmans gate, and thence south along the pale to Crowborrow gate 

 and thence west to Beggars bush, and thence to Loudwell hedge & thence northward to Blackbrooke. 



The survey goes on to view the various lodges attached to these ' Walkes,' each with its resident 

 keeper. The first on the list, Duddleswell Lodge, to which all the others assimilate closely, con- 

 sisted of 



a Hall, a parlor, a kitchen, and other necessary roomes below stares, with four chambers above 

 stares, besides garretts, with a barne, a stable, and gardens & severall inclosed parcells of land adjoyn- 

 ing and belonging . . . containing by estimacon thirty acres ... in the tenure and occupacon of 

 Robert Brookes keeper of the said Walke. . . . All which ... we estimate to be worth p ann 

 30 acr. o r. oo p, xv"- 



Pippinford, Hineleape, Broadstone, Comedean, and Whitedean lodges, of which John 

 Pranke, Francis Hesmon, James Kingsland, and John Palmer were the tenants and keepers, were of 

 similar description and value, with the chief exception of Whitedean, whose grounds contained only 

 ten acres, and whose value was estimated at only four pounds. In addition to these keepers' lodges 

 Southward Walk contained the Chamberlain's residence, called the White House, which, however, 

 ' with thappurtenances ' was estimated at little more than six pounds, because 



as great a part of ye s d howse as is now standing was pulled downe & carryed away & sould 

 or otherwise disposed of by Sir Henry Compton about anno 1638, who was then Ranger or by the 

 Earle of Dorcett, then M' of the game in the said Parke, which was of the value of Therty 

 pounds, 30"" 



In addition to the strictly sporting parts of this forest, its walks, or wards, the surveyors report 

 upon certain ' franchises ' of the territory, ' loci immunes,' localities without the pale, immune from 

 forest law, anglice 'commons' in one meaning of the word. 



There are [they say] belonging to the said parke divers pcells of land . . . commonly knowne 

 and called by their severall names viz' Part of Chelwood Common lying on the south side ye said 

 Parke . . . And Buntisgrove al s Bunchgrove in ye pish of Maresfeild . . . Alsoe Forrest row greene 

 in ye pish of Eastgrinsteed . . . Alsoe Quavrocke Comon or greene lying in ye pish of Hartfeild . . . 

 Alsoe Colemans hatch greene lying in the pish of Hartfeild afforesaid . . . Alsoe Chuckehatch greene 

 lying in the pish of Hartfeild afforesaid . . . Alsoe Mershe greene al* Leigh greene lying in the pish 

 of Withyam . . . Also Crowborrow Comon lying in the pish of Rotherfeild & Bucksteed . . . Alsoe 

 Harney Comon in the pish of Maresfeild . . . Memorandum Y* when there is any drove made in the 

 said Parke that ye Officers doe usually drive all the said lands or commons and doe impound all such 

 catle or horses of such psons as have custome for the same in ye said Parke. 



Deare red ) There are w'in the said park about 120 deere red and fallow w ch wee value in. 



and fallow J grosse at 120 pounds. 



Woods and \ The woods & und'woods upon the whole parke wee estimate in grosse at six 

 und'woods j hundred pounds. 



