Ch. II. SINCE THE NORMAN CONQUEST. 35 



prsents doo gif, and graunte to the said Nicholus, a yerly fee of oon buk in 

 somer, and oon doo in wynter to be taken of my gifte within my parke at 

 Heveyngham, in seasonable and convenyent tymes in the yer: to have and 

 enjoye the said fee of oon buk, and oon doo yerly, to be taken in such tyme 

 and place as is aforesaid to the said Nicholus and his assyngs during his 

 life naturall : and that it shall be lefuU to the same Nicholus, at his own 

 plesure to kille yerly the said buk and doo in convenyent tymes of the 

 yer, with hys houndys, grey houndys, or long bowe. Soo always the same 

 Nicholus be there present in his own person, and so that the said Nicholus 

 do gif convenyent knowledge to the keper of the seid parke for the tyme 

 being t)f his comyng their to hunte and kyll as is aforeseid, or ellys the 

 same buk' and doo to be killed by the same keper, and delivered to the 

 seid Nicholus or his assigns at the seid park. And we the seid Dame Alice 

 and Anthony and eyther of us do fully assinte and agre to thys pre!sente 

 graunte, and doo satisfye and confirme the astate of the seid Nicholus of 

 and in the premises, to have and to enjoye the seid fee to hym and his 

 assignes during his life naturall, in such wise and forme as is before 

 expressed. In witness wherof we, the seid Sir John, Dame Alice, and 

 Anthony, have unto sett our seales, upon the eyght day of Octobre, in the 

 fyve and twenty yer of the reygri of our Sovereyne lord, King Henry 

 the eight. 



'I. Hevenyngham. a. Hevenyngham, By me Anthony Heve- 



NYNGHAM.'' 



Though during the reign of Elizabeth, as we have seen, parks began to 

 decline in number, yet there were new ones sometimes enclosed. The 

 following instance, which describes at length both the expense connected 

 with the undertaking, and the , manner in which its completion' was cele- 

 brated, needs no apology for insertion here : — 



' The booke of Remembrance when Astwelle parke ^ was first created 



' Suckling's Suffolk, vol. ii. p. 387. Whittlebury Forest, then the seat of Thomas 



' In Northamptonshire, on the confine of Lovett, Esq. 



