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killed with a hawk. The last-named mode is indicated 
from another source * :— 
“Ttem, a Fesant kylled with the Goshawke. 
“ A notice, two Fesants and two Partridges killed with 
the hawks.” 
As a rule, they are only referred to as being “ brought 
in,” the bearer receiving a gratuity for his trouble. 
“Jany 1536-7. Itm. geuen to Hunte 
yeoman of the pultry, bringing to 
hir gée two qwicke (ze. live) phe- 
sants : ‘ , ‘ , vijs. vy. 
“Ap 1537. Itm. geuen to Grene the 
ptrich taker bringing a cowple of 
Phesaunts to my lady’s grace. : iijS.  ixd. 
“Jan. 1537-8. Itm. geuen to my lady 
Carow’s s'ufit bringing a qwicke 
Phesaunt i ; ; ijs. 
“Jan. 1543-4. Itm. geuen to Hawkyn, 
s'ufite of Hertford bringing a phe- 
sant and ptrichest . F ij. iiijd.” 
In a survey of the possessions of the Abbey of 
Glastonbury made in 1539, mention is made of a “ game” 
of sixteen pheasants in the woods at Meare, a manor 
near Glastonbury belonging to the Abbey. 
* “Extracts from the Household and Privy Purse Accounts of the L’estranges 
of Hunstanton, 1519—1578." (Trans. Roy. Soc. Antiq. 1833.) 
+ ‘The Privy Purse Expenses of the Princess Mary, 1536—1544."" (Idited by 
Sir F. Madden, 1831.) 
