214 GAME-PRESERVING. 



killed with a hawk. The last-named mode is indicated 

 from another source * : — 



" Item, 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. 



" Jans'- 1536-7. Itm. geuen to Hunte 



yeoman of the pultry, bringing to 



hir gee two qwicke {i.e. live) phe- 



sants . . vijs. vjd. 



"Ap 1 - 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'unt bringing a qwicke 



Phesaunt . ijs. 



"Jan. 1543-4. Itm. geuen to Hawkyn, 



s'unte of Hertford bringing a phe- 



sant and ptrichesf . iijs. 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. Antic). 1833.) 



f " The Privy Purse Expenses of the Princess Mary, 1536 — 1544." (Edited by 

 Sir F. Madden, 1831.) 



