Ch. VI. 



BERKSHIRE. 



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deer, of antler 68, buckes 30, by supposi- 

 tion.' ' It paleth 3| mile, and of itself 

 hath small meanes.' 



The Great Park at the same period 

 (1607^) was stated at 3,650 acres, and it 

 was estimated to contain 1,800 fallow- 

 deer. The red-deer were all in the forest 

 outside. The extent of the Great Park is 

 now (1864) about 1,000 acres less than in 

 1607 ; the number of deer the same as in 

 that year, but the land that has been 

 turned to other purposes was the poorest, 

 and much better has been added. ^ 



In the time of Queen Anne, according 

 to the Duchess of Marlborough's cele- 

 brated ' Account of her Conduct ' (printed 

 in 1742), in order to answer the Crown 

 warrajits for deer in the Windsor Great 

 Park, it was necessary to keep up four or 

 five thousand head of deer in the park, 

 for which the allowance was but 500/. a 

 year. The ranger was also obliged to be 

 at the expense of making and sometimes 

 of buying hay for the deer ; the keepers' 

 wages were payable out of this allowance, 

 with several other expenses, which (her 

 Grace added) in parks belonging to the 

 Crown are much greater than in others.^ 



Stowe, referring to Windsor Castle, 

 speaks of the pleasant pastime arising out 

 of the forest, chace, and fourteen parkes 

 that waite upon it." In this enumera- 

 tion he probably intended the Great and 

 Little Parks of Windsor, Mcate Park, 

 Sunning-hill Park.Follie-John Park, and 

 Easthamstead Park, all in Berkshire ; 

 Guilford Park, Henley Park, Woking 

 Park, Chobham Park, Byfleet Park, and 

 Bagshot Park, in Surrey; and the parks of 



' Menzies's History of Windsor Great Park, 

 fo. 1864, p. 9. 



» Duchess of Marlborough's Account, &c., 

 p. 292. 



Langley and Ditton, in Buckinghamshire. 

 In Norden's curious survey of the Honor 

 of Windsor, the extent of all these parks, 

 besides that of the ' Rayles,' or enclosed 

 parts of the forest, which were not properly 

 ' Parks,' is given ; the whole drawn upon 

 vellum and accurately coloured. The 

 ' Rayles ' included in this account were 

 those of Swinley, Bagshot, and Cran- 

 bourne. A copy of the general map of 

 this survey is given in the 'Annals of 

 Windsor.' A plan of the Great Park, on 

 a larger scale, is given in Mr. Menzies's 

 volume, as well as a survey of the same at 

 the present period. 



The Moate Pa?-k lay between the Great 

 Park and Clewer, and, observes Mr. Men- 

 zies, ' with the exception of the small 

 purchases made at Fyfields, preserves its 

 ancient boundaries.' In 1650 a survey 

 was made of it, when it was stated to con- 

 tain 603 acres, 17 perches, and valued at 

 204/. ;* it was sold during the Usurpation 

 with other Royal property, but repur- 

 chased by the Crown in 1684, and now 

 forms part of the Great Park. 



Sunning-hill Park is farther from 

 Windsor, beyond Cranbourne Chase, and 

 nearer to what is now called Virginia 

 Water. 'This park,' we are informed,' 

 ' possesses the privilege of being tithe-free 

 as long as sixteen head of deer are kept 

 in it.' Sunning-hill Park is supposed to 

 have been granted by King Charles I. to 

 the family of Cary.° 



The Park of Foli-John, in New Lodge 

 Walk of the Forest of Windsor, about 

 two miles south of Bray, appears to have 

 been enclosed by Oliver de Bordeaux, in 



' Annals, p. 143, ed. 1631. 



* Menzies, p. 14. 



" Neale's Views of Seats, 1818, vol. i. 



" Lysons' Berks, p. 382. 



