THE WILD BOAR. 85 



should so hunt, during his stay at his manor of 

 Wodestock."* 



A quaint illustration of the mode of attacking a 

 Boar, copied from MS. of the fourteenth century, 

 which is preserved in the Douce collection, is given 

 by Strutt in his " Sports and Pastimes," and is here 

 reproduced. 



Sl'EABINGf A BOAE. MIOM A MS. OP THE lOUKTEENTH CENTUKY. 



The Boar was a badge of Edward III., and might 

 therefore have been borne by any of his descendants ; 

 but E-ichard III. is the only one to whom its adoption 

 has been traced, t 



In the Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York, 

 eldest daughter of Edward IV. and consort of 

 Henry VII., is the following entry under date 23rd 

 Nov. 1502 : — 



Itm. the same day to a servaunt of Sr. Gilbertes Talbottes in 

 rewarde for bringing a wylde bore to the Quene xs. 



And in the "Household Book" kept by the steward 

 of Squire Kitson of Hengrave, county Suffolk, 



* Kennet, " Parochial Antiquities," p. 450. By some nnaccountable 

 mistake Kennet translates unamTiastam porci " one shield of brawn," 

 and his view is adopted by Blonnt, " Ancient Tenures," p. 97. 



The use of " Bore-speres" in Norfolk, a.d. 1450-54, is referred to in 

 the " Paston Letters," ed. Gairdner, vol. i. pp. 107, 271. 



t " Archseologia," vol. v. p. 17; Hawkins, "English Coins," p. 278, 



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