THE RED DEER'S HOME 



On this occasion they have each their district 

 allotted on the boundaries of the chase, where they 

 are stationed to prevent the stag flying beyond the 

 liberty.' 



Clarke tells us, in his c Survey of the Lakes,' that 

 Martindale was a separate and independent manor 

 until Queen Elizabeth granted it to the Earl of Sussex 

 as parcel of the barony of Barton, reserving to herself 

 and her successors accommodation for her pad when 

 she came to hunt there. 



Under this tenure it was bought by Sir Christopher 

 Musgrave, along with the rest of the barony of Barton. 

 The manor consisted of small tenants, whose place 

 has long since been filled up by large farmers. 

 Clarke describes the old state of tenure as a person 

 familiar with the district : c The forest lands are 

 held on the common forest tenure, the tenants having 

 what grass they can take with the scythe. They 

 likewise covenant not to drive the lord's deer out of 

 it at any time of the year. In summer, however, the 

 deer seldom come there, they being mostly red deer 

 which always frequent the tops of the mountains in 

 that season. Whenever the lord goes to hunt the 

 stag, the bailiff summons all the tenants before sun- 

 set the preceding night, to attend to their strones 

 or stations. These stations are at two places, viz. 





