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lord of the manor. The tenants in some places were 

 bound to assemble at the 'Stable-stand,' ready to 

 drive, or shoot, or course deer at the order of their 

 superior. It should be understood that 'haiae' or 

 ' hays ' were not in any sense peculiar to the north of 

 England. They crop up in many places. To take a 

 single reference, the Domesday Survey of Gloucester- 

 shire : ' In several instances we find mention of 

 "haiae" these were enclosures in the woods fenced 

 round with strong hedges into which the beasts of the 

 chase were driven, the entrance being then closed by 

 hurdles. The building and repair of the lord's deer- 

 hedge was one of the ordinary incidents of tenants' 

 service ; the word being used for all kinds of game.' ' 

 In this connection it may be worth while to recall a 

 passage which the Rev. J. Wilson has suggested I 

 should print here. It is not devoid of humour, and 

 it shows that the employment of nets in taking deer 

 was understood in this country. 'One Sir Henry 

 Colt, of Neither Hall in Essex, much in favour with 

 K. Henry the eighth for his merry conceits, suddenly 

 took his leave of him late at night, promising to wait 

 on his Grace early the next morning. Hence he 

 hastened to Waltham Abbey, being informed by his 



1 An Analysis of the Domesday Smi>ey of Gloucestershire 

 By Rev. C. Taylor. 



