THE WILD BOAR IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 347 
their horne at several bridges called Thornborough Bridge, 
King’s Bridge, and Bridge Mill. And also they shall blow their 
horne at the Pound Gate, calied the Lord’s Pound, in the parish 
of Chetwode...... And also (the Lord of Chetwode) has 
always been used by his officers and servants to drive away all 
foreign cattle that shall be found within the said parishes, fields, 
&c.,to impound the same in any pound of the said towns, and to take 
for every one of the said foreign beasts twopence for the mouth and 
one penny for a foot for every one of the said beasts; and further, 
that the said officers and servants have always been used to take all 
cattle so taken and impounded by them within three days to the 
Lord’s Pound at Chetwode, and if any cattle shall remain in the 
pound at Chetwode, and not be claimed at the end of the next three 
days, then the next day following, after the rising of the sun, the 
bailiff or officers of the lord for the time being, shall blow their 
horne three times at the gate of the said pound, and make 
proclamation that if any persons lack any cattle that shall be in 
in the same pound, let them come and shew the marks of the 
same cattle so claimed by them, and they shall have them, paying 
unto the lord his money in the manner and form before mentioned, 
otherwise the said cattle that shall so remain shall be the lord’s 
as strays.” This toll was formerly so rigidly enforced, that if the 
owner of cattle so impounded made his claim immediately after 
the proclamation was over, he was refused them, except by paying 
their full market price; and if he would not give the required 
sum, or none came forward, the cattle were at once driven to 
Warkworth, in Northamptonshire, and sold; whence arose a 
popular saying at Chetwode, that ‘‘ Cattle that drank of Wark- 
worth water never came back to Bucks.” 
The toll was collected till the inheritance of the present 
baronet. The following letter was addressed to Sir George 
Chetwode on this subject from his agents :— 
“ Buckingham, 19th February, 1875. 
“Sir George,— Mr. Meadows* having informed us that you had decided 
not to revive the collection of the Rhyne Toll, but would accept the shells 
we had obtained on the death of the old collector of the toll, we have packed 
them in a box just as we received them, and we are very pleased to present 
them to you, to be preserved among the relics of Chetwode. At the same 
time it may be interesting to you to have an account of the ancient right, 
* Agent at Oakley. 
