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1206), grants a license to John Comyn, Archbishop 

 of Dublin, to have a park at Kilcopsantan, and a 

 "deer-leap" therein. In 1247 an agreement made 

 between Robert de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, 



A TYPICAL FALLOW BUCK. 



and Roger de Somery, Baron Dudley, defined their 

 respective rights of hunting in Charnwood Forest, 

 and the adjoining park of Bradgate, in Leicester- 

 shire. It is cited by Blount in his Ancient Tenures, 

 and is regarded as one of the earliest and most 



