FORESTRY 



In 1635, Lord Morley, master forester of Wyresdale and Quernmore, entered a bill of complaint 

 in the Duchy chamber against several inhabitants of Lancaster for entering the forest, depasturing 

 horses, oxen, and cattle without right, to the injury of those having right of common, breaking into 

 pinfolds and driving away cattle impounded there and strays belonging of right to His Majesty, and 

 taking away many hundred cart-loads of coal, freestone, slate, &c., and spoiling the ground by 

 digging great holes and pits.^" 



In 1697 William III took steps to ascertain yearly the number of deer within his forests, chases, 

 and parks in the county, and at the close of every season the number which had been killed, ' that all 

 abuses and ill practices may be remedied and our deer better preserved for the future.' Perhaps this 

 is the last occasion on record of the sovereign displaying solicitude for the preservation of deer in this 

 county.^^' 



In 1587 the woods and underwoods belonging to the Duchy within the county were surveyed 

 and certified as under ^^': — 



The Forest of Quarlemore 



There is one park called Quarmore park in the parish of Lancaster containing vj miles about, 

 and there is in the same park one wood called Eascow containing six acres besett with eller, hasle, 

 and whitethorn of forty years' growth worth ten shillings the acre ; five score small saplings for 

 building timber worth five shillings the sapling, fit to be reserved for the repair of Her Majesty's 

 castle of Lancaster and the tenants' houses thereabouts ; one other wood in the said park called the 

 New Park, containing x acres, wherein groweth xl doted okes for firewood worth ij'' the oke, and 

 il small saplings for building timber worth v^ the sapling and fit to be reserved for the repair of the 

 said castle and tenants' houses ; one other wood there called Dickson Carr containing xvj acres 

 slenderly besett with eller of an evil growth, and would be new fallen and sprouged and then in time 

 there would grow some commodity to her Majesty ; one wood called Rawne Tree Carr containing 

 viij acres besett with eller of xxx years growth worth xiij^ iiij'' the acre ; one other wood called 

 Redcarr containing xx acres besett with eller of xxxiiij years' growth worth to be sold xiij' iiij'' the acre. 



There is also one wood called Wellen Banck in the parish of Lancaster containing xvj acres 

 slenderly besett with hasle wood of xxvilj years' growth worth ij' vj** the acre, and there groweth in 

 the same 100 small saplings for building timber worth to be sold for iiij' the sapling ; one other 

 wood there called Totell containing xiij acres and there groweth in the same xxx doted okes for fire- 

 wood worth ij' vj* the oke ; one wood there called the Marries and Little Browe containing vj acres 

 slenderly sett with ellers of xl"° years' growth worth xiij'' iiij"* the acre. And in the same there 

 groweth iiij score saplings for building timber worth vj' viij"* the sapling. 



M** there standeth abroad in the said park cxl doted okes for firewood worth ij' the oke. 



There are also two woods in the forest of Quarlemore called the Gaits and Corneclose containing 

 xxj acres and there groweth in the same woods cxx saplings for building timber worth v' the sapling 

 and there is also in the same iiij acres besett with eller and whitethorn of xxx years' growth worth 

 v' the acre ; one wood called the Hollinhead in the forest aforesaid containing by estimation four 

 miles about. And there is in the same one parcel of ground called Burwengreve containing xvj acres 

 wherein groweth c saplings for building timber worth vj' viij'' the sapling ; one other wood in the 

 forest aforesaid called the Old Ditch containing xij acres and there groweth in the same iiij'^ xx young 

 saplings very small worth ij' vj** the sapling ; one other wood within the said forest called the Rounde 

 Hill containing vj acres wherein groweth cxxviij okes for building timber worth vij [sic] the oke ; one 

 other wood within the said forest called the Hill at the Birkestele containing viij acres and there 

 groweth in the same ex timber trees worth vj' viij'' the tree ; one other wood within the said forest called 

 the Asshpotts containing viij acres besett with eller and hasle of xx"° years' growth worth iiij' the acre 

 wherein groweth iiij°x saplings worth ij' vj* the sapling ; one wood within the said forest called the 

 Hill between the Steangaits containing xx acres very thin besett with eller of xxvj years' growth worth 

 ij' vj"* the acre. And in the same there groweth Ixxviij saplings for building timber worth vj' viij'' the 

 sapling ; one other wood within the said forest called the Hill at the broken Stair containing xij acres, 

 and there groweth in the same ccxij small saplings for building timber worth to be sold for five 

 shillings the sapling one with another ; one other wood within the said forest called the Hill near 

 to the Cock Glade containing xxx acres, and there groweth in the same cxxx small saplings worth 

 iij' iiii"* the sapling ; one other wood within the said forest called Emerick containing xxiiij acres 

 besett with hasle and thorn of xxx years' growth worth v' the acre, and there groweth in the same 

 xl''° small saplings worth iij' vj'' the sapling. 



M'' the woods within the said forest are to be reserved for the repair of Her Majesty's said 

 Castle of Lancaster, being distant from thence two miles, and also for the repair of her Majesty's 

 tenants' houses thereabouts (who by custom have timber for the repair of their houses by the oath of 

 iiij sworn men there) and for the Fishcalls upon the water of Loyne. 



M'' there hath been delivered in the said forest of Quarlemore to the repair of her Majesty's 

 Castle at Lancaster, since the xx"" year of her Majesty's reign that now is until the first day of July 



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Duchy of Lane. Plead, bdle. 345. '" Baines, His(. of Lanes, (ed. 1836), i, 254. 



Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. 128, pp. 12-20. 



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