74 THE NEW FOREST 



presented in the 4th year of Edward III (1339), 

 William de Bello Campo, Knight, keeper of the 

 Forest, presents under the heading of " Expedita- 

 tion " of dogs in the Forest aforesaid : 



" From John, son of Richard de Wynton, 

 Knight, and Joan his wife from Edmond de 

 Kendall and Henry de Hainhulle, tenants of the 

 lands and tenements which were of John son 

 of Thomas at one time keeper of the Forest, for 

 two expeditations of dogs received by the said 

 John, son of Thomas in his time, 90. 



" From the heirs and tenants of the lands of 

 Roger de Inkpenne at one time keeper of the 

 Forest, for one expeditation of dogs received by 

 him in his time, 50." 



Presumably the keepers died without account- 

 ing for the money received by them, and their 

 heirs were held responsible. 



But these, at the rate of the day, are sub- 

 stantial sums, and if each " regard " every third 

 year, by a single keeper of one district alone in 

 the Forest, was worth so much, expeditation 

 must represent a tangible income if properly 

 collected and accounted for. I don't know when 

 the custom died out, and the income was lost 

 to the Crown. Probably at the date of the 

 Commonwealth. But in one way or another, to 

 man or to beast, the deer were a source of trouble 



