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demesne a moiety of the woods belonging to Bere to wit that 

 moiety which King John exchanged with Geoffrey de Nevile : and 

 this is at the will of the Lord King. He has also in his 

 demesne the wood of Porstoke in like manner by an exchange 

 with Robert de Newburgh. Also King John afforested the whole 

 of Purbeck which ought not to be forest, except only a warren 

 for hares belonging to the Castle of Corfe. 



These are the metes of the perambulation of the parts which 

 ought to be forests."^ From the park of Gillingham with its 

 appurtenances ; to wit, Huntingford, and so always alongside the 

 stream along the hill to the marches of Dorset and Wiltshire. 

 And so proceeding as the march between the said two counties 

 stretches as far as Legh : from Legh always by the boundaries 

 of the counties as far as Pimperlegh : from Pimperlegh as far 

 as Horr Apeldure always along the valley. From Hore 

 Apeldure between Mere wood and Gillingham wood as far as 

 the head of the ditch of Kurhigge. But from Kurhigge along the 

 hill between Motcombc and Seghull always by the boundaries 

 of the counties as far as Frengore. From Frengore as far as 

 Soulescumbe always by the boundaries of the counties between 

 [the lands of] the Lord King and [those of] the Abbess of 

 Wilton. From Soulescumbe as far as Kaingessettle always by 

 the boundaries of the counties between the [lands of] of the 

 Lord King and [those of] the Abbess of Wilton. From Kings- 

 settle as far as Upper Wearmewelle always by the boundaries 

 of the counties between [the lands of] the Lord King and [those 

 of] the Abbess of Saint Edward. From Wearmewelle by the 

 boundaries of the counties as far as Vroggemere. From Vrogge- 

 meare as far as Koggesmannestone along the valley. From Kog- 

 gesmanestone always along the valley as far as Radewelle. From 

 Radewelle to the Bitene always by the division between [the 

 lands of] the Lord King and [those of] the Abbot of Alcester 

 and the abbot of Bee. From the Bitene along the hill always by 



* Some words seem to be omitted here, showing that the bounds of the Forest 

 of Gillingham are being giveu. 



