BEAN FOREST. 45 



A.D. 



1466 6 Edward IV. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick 



1612 9 James I. Henry, Earl of Pembroke 



1632 10 Charles I. Philip 



1660 1 Oharlfea II. Henry Lord Herbert of Raglan, Duke of 



Beaufort 



1700 5 Queen Anne Charles, Earl of Berkeley 



1706 9 ,, James ,, 



1736 8 George II. Augustus, ,, 



1755 27 ,, Norborne Berkeley, Lord Bottetourt 



1760 1 George III. Frederick Augustus, Earl of Berkeley 



1814 54 ,, Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort 



1838 2 Victoria The Chief Commissioner of Woods and 



Forests 



" During the long reign of Henry III. pasturage was 

 granted to the men of Rodley, who also in common with 

 the king's people might hunt the boar. Commonage was 

 likewise given to the Abbot of Flaxley. The bailiwick of 

 Dean Magna was granted to Walter Wither. The men of 

 Awre were allowed, by custom, pasturage in the forest; 

 those of Rodley, estover, dead and dry wood, with pannage 

 and food for cattle as well. 



"In A.D. 1282, the twelfth year of Edward I, a formal 

 perambulation of the forest was made, and the boundaries 

 were then precisely those which we have already described, 

 although there seem to have been some few freehold pro- 

 perties within the bounds. About this date the Abbot of 

 Gloucester purchased 36 acres of land iu Hope Maloysell, 

 held by Gilbert and Julian Lepiatte, receiving alsp the 

 gift of all the lands of Thomas Dunn in the same parish. 

 The most ancient of the justice seats for these parts sat 

 the same year at Gloucester Castle. By its proceedings we 

 learn that upwards of 72 " Forgece errantes," or movable 

 forges, were found here ; that the Crown licensed them at 

 the rate of 7s. a year ; that a miner received one penny or 

 the worth of it in iron ore, for each load brought to any of 

 the king's ironworks, but if conveyed out of the forest the 

 penny was paid to the Crown, and that in those cases where 

 a forge was farmed 46s. was' charged. No less than 59 

 mines were let at this time to Henry de Chaworth, who 

 had besides forges at work in the forest. 



