214 GAME-PRESERVING. 



killed with a hawk. The last-named mode is indicated 

 from another source * : 



" Item, a Fesant kylled with the Goshawke. 

 "A notice, two Fesants and two Partridges killed with 

 the hawks." 



As a rule, they are only referred to as being " brought 

 in," the bearer receiving a gratuity for his trouble. 

 " Jany- 1536-7. Itm. geuen to Hunte 



yeoman of the pultry, bringing to 



hir gee two qwicke (i.e. live) phe- 



sants . . . . . . vijs. vjd. 



" Ap 1 - 1537. Itfn. geuen to Grene the 



ptrich taker bringing a cowple of 



Phesaunts to my lady's grace . . iijs. ixd. 



"Jan. 1537-8. Itm. geuen to my lady 



Carow's s'ufit bringing a qwicke 



Phesaunt ..... ijs. 



"Jan. 1543-4.. Itm. geuen to Hawkyn, 



s'unte of Hertford bringing a phe- 



sant and ptriches-f- . . . . iijs. iiijd." 



In a survey of the possessions of the Abbey of 



Glastonbury made in 1539, mention is made of a "game" 



of sixteen pheasants in the woods at Meare, a manor 



near Glastonbury belonging to the Abbey. 



* " Extracts from the Household and Privy Purse Accounts of the L'estranges 

 of Hunstanton, 1519 1578." (Trans. Roy. Soc. Antiq. 1833.) 



f " The Privy Purse Expenses of the Princess Mary, 15361544." (Edited by 

 Sir V. Madden, 1831.) 



