THE REV. JOHN LODER 19 



Whitly. The Rev. John Loder was the 

 grandson of this Charles by another daughter, 

 Mary, who married her cousin, the Rev. Sey- 

 mour Loder, Rector of Hinton. John Loder 

 was born in 1725. He inherited Hinton, and 

 a great part of the parish of Longworth ; Bar- 

 cote being left to his younger brother Charles. 



John Loder's father died while his son was 

 still young, and he appears to have com- 

 menced keeping hounds almost as soon as he 

 came into his property. His country naturally 

 was formed from the preserves of his friends 

 round Hinton, and as his residence was on 

 the northern boundary of Berkshire, it equally 

 naturally crossed the Thames into Oxfordshire, 

 and included the extensive coverts of his 

 intimate friend Mr. Maximilian Western, of 

 Cokethorpe. Tar Wood, close by, was in the 

 Oxfordshire country of the Duke of Beaufort, 

 who only hunted it for a portion of the year, 

 so Mr. Loder had no difficulty in obtaining 

 permission to draw it when the Duke's hounds 

 were in their home country. Although many 

 changes have taken place since John Loder 

 commenced keeping hounds nearly one hun- 

 dred and fifty years ago, the boundaries of the 

 present country remain pretty much what they 

 were in those early days. 



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