82 The Pheasant in History. 



shot. They must have been taken in a net or snare, or 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. 



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

 yeoman of the pultry, bringing to hir 

 gee two qwicke (i.e. live) phesants ... vijs. vjd. 



"'Ap'- 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 quicks 

 Phesaunt ... ... ... ... ijs. 



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

 s'uSte of Hertford bringing a phesant 

 and ptrichesf ... ... ... ... iijs. iiijd. 



" In a survey of the possessions of the Abbej"^ of Glaston- 

 bury made in 1539, mention is made of a ' game ' of sixteen 

 fheasants in the woods at Meare, a manor near Glastonbury 

 belonging to the Abbey. 



" The value set upon pheasants and partridges at various 

 periods, as shown by the laws fixing penalties for their 

 destruction, seems to have fluctuated considerably. 



" By a statute passed in the eleventh year of the reign of 

 Henry VIII. it was forbidden ' to take pheasants or partridges 

 with engines in another's ground without hcence in pain of 

 ten pound, to be divided between the owner of the ground 

 and the prosecutor.' By 23 Eliz. c. 10, ' None should 

 kill or take pheasants or partridges by night in pain of 20s. 



* " ' Extracts from the Household and Privy Purse Accounts of the 

 L'Estranges of Hunstanton, 1519 — 1578.' (Trans. Roy. Soc. Antiq. 1833.) 



t " ' The Privy Purse Expenses of the Princess Mary, 1536 — 1544.' 

 (Edited by Sir F. Madden, 1831.) 



