THE WILD BOAR. 85 



should so hunt, during his stay at his manor of 

 Wodestock."* 



A quaint illustration of the mode of attacking a 

 Boar, copied from MS. of the fourteenth century, 

 which is preserved in the Douce collection, is given 

 by Strutt in his " Sports and Pastimes," and is here 

 reproduced. 



Sl'EARING A BOAR. M.OM A MS. OP THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. 



The Boar was a badge of Edward III., and might 

 therefore have been borne by any of his descendants ; 

 but Richard III. is the only one to whom its adoption 

 has been traced, t. 



In the Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York, 

 eldest daughter of Edward IV. and consort of 

 Henry VII., is the following entry under date 23 rd 

 Nov. 1502 : — 



Itm. the same day to a servaunt of Sr. Gilbertes Talbottes in 

 rewarde for bringing a wylde bore to the Quene xs. 



And in the "Household Book" kept by the steward 

 of Squire Kitson of Hengrave, county Suffolk, 



* Rennet, " Parochial Antiquities," p. 450. By some unaccountable 

 mistake Kennet translates una/mhastam porci " one shield of brawn," 

 and his view is adopted by Blount, " Ancient Tenures," p. 97. 



The use of " Bore-speres" in Norfolk, a.d. 1450-54, is referred to in 

 the " Paston Letters," ed. Gairdner, vol. i. pp. 107, 271. 



f " ArchaBologia," vol. v. p. 17; Hawkins, "English Coins," p. 278. 



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