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DEER AND DEER PARKS. 



Ch. III. 



park 1 60 acres of land in the third year 

 of Edward II.' The royal park of 

 Guilford is in the neighbourhood ; it 

 was enclosed by Henry II ;' and in 1299 

 was with the manor assigned to Queen 

 Margaret, the second wife of Edward I., 

 in part of her dower, and on her death 

 reverted to the Crown. In the third year 

 of Henry VII. the custody of this manor 

 and park was given to Sir Reginald Bray ; 

 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth it was in 

 the keeping of the Viscount Montague; 

 in 1620, James I. granted it to George 

 Murray, afterwards Earl of Annandale; 

 and in the sixth of the following reign, the 

 fee simple, including the whole stock of 

 deer then in the park, was also conveyed 

 to him, with power to dispark the woods, 

 a power however which does not appear 

 to have been exercised till about the year 

 1709, when the property was purchased 

 by the Hon. Thomas Onslow.' Norden, 

 in 1607, thus describes it : ' This Table 

 comprehendeth Guldeforde Parke, lyinge 

 in Surreye, S' Thomas Gorge is the keeper 

 therof, — Caster under keeper. This 

 Parke hath 600 Fallow Deere, about 80 of 

 antler, and not above 30 Buckes. The 

 circuite of this Parke is 6^ miles. It 

 paleth 7j mile. Meanlie timbered, not 

 sufficient to mayntaine the pale : It con- 

 tayneth in quantitie 1620 acres; the most 

 reasonable good grounde.' * 



The other royal parks in this county 

 were, Byfleet, Woking, Witley, Chobham, 

 Bagshot, Henley, Potnells, Otelands, Ban- 

 stead, Nonsuch, and Mortlake or Rich- 



' Manning and Bray's Surrey, vol. i. p. 

 166, 169. 

 ^ Manning and Bray's Surrey, vol. i. p. 22. 

 ' Brayley's Surrey, vol. i. p. 304. 



Harl. MS. 3749. 

 ' Manning and Bray's Surrey, vol. i. p. 



mond. Most of these parks are laid down 

 in Norden's map of Windsor Forest.* 



Byfleet Park is mentioned as early as 

 the fifty-first year of Henry III. It was 

 afterwards attached to the Duchy of Corn- 

 wall, and by Henry VIII. added to the 

 ' Honor of Hampton Court.' It was in 

 the keeping of Mr. Askew in the reign of 

 Elizabeth.* Norden, in his MS. Survey 

 of Windsor, taken in 1607 (Harl. MS. 

 3749), observes of ' Byflete, wherof Sir 

 Edward Howard is chiefe keper, And 

 hath about 160 fallow deere, about 36 of 

 antler, and 14 buckes ; This park is in 

 circuite 3I mile, and so muche it paleth, 

 few or no timber trees to mayntaine the 

 fence : It contayneth in quantitie about 

 380 acres meane ground: The hooping 

 birde, vulgarlie helde ominous, muche 

 frequenteth this parke.' 



Woking. — Here in the 9th of Ed» 

 ward I. was a small park of 40 acres, 

 of the yearly value of o/. 13J. 4^. In 

 the 20th of Edward II. it was de- 

 scribed as fit to maintain 40 deer.^ The 

 Earl of Lincoln was the keeper of 

 Woking Park in the reign of Eliza- 

 beth. 



Witley, or Whitley. — This park is men' 

 tioned in the 21st of Henry VI. ,^ and 

 was in the keeping of Mr. Jones in the 

 reign of Queen Elizabeth.'' It was a large 

 park on the borders of Hampshire. 



Chobham Park, in Chertsey Walk, was 

 sold by Queen Mary to Nicholas Heath, 

 Archbishop of York, for 3000/. It con- 

 tained 500 acres of land enclosed by a 



117, and Brayley's Surrey, vol. i. p. 52, and 

 vol. ii. p. 153. 



" Manning and Bray's Surrey, vol. ii. 

 p. 42. 



' Brayley's Surrey, vol. i. p. 52. 



