THE WOLF. 143 



all the Wolves lie could find in the counties of 

 Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford, Salop, and Stafford, 

 and the bailiffs in the several counties were directed 

 to be ready and assist him. The commission, which 

 has been frequently referred to by- different writers, 

 runs as follows : — ■ 



" Pro Petro Corbet, de lupis capiendis. 



"Rex, omnibus Ballivis, &c. Sciatis quod iu- 

 j unximus delecto et fideli nostro Petro Corbet quod in 

 omnibus forestis et parcis et aliis locis intra comitatus 

 nostros Gloucester, Wygorn, Hereford, Salop, et 

 Stafford, in quibus lupi poterunt inveniri, lupos cum 

 hominibus canibus et ingeniis suis capiat et destruat 

 modis omnibus quibus viderit expedire. 



" Et ideo vobis mandamus quod idem intendentes 

 et auxiliantes estis. 



" Teste rege apud Westm. 14 Maii a.t>. 1281."* 



In the Wardrobe Accounts of Edward I. pre- 

 served in the British Museum (Add. MS. No. 7966) 

 anno 29 Edw. I. (1301), the following entry occurs : — 



"April 29. To the huntsman of Sir Peter Corbet, deceased, for 

 bringing to the King the dogs -which belonged to the said Peter at the 

 time of his death .... 6s. 8d. 



In 1285, William de Reynes held two carucatesf 

 of land at Boyton, in the parish of Finchingfield, in 

 the county of Essex, by the serjeanty of keeping for 

 the king five Wolf-dogs (canes luporarios). { In the 



* Eymer's "Foedera," i. pt. 2, p. 192; ii. p. 168. 



f See note on last page. 



% Plac. Coron. 13 Edw. I. Essex; Blount, "Ancient Tenures," p. 236. 



