A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



29th year [1587] the number of iiij score timber trees worth vj* viij'' the tree, and there hath also 

 been delivered to the copyholders and customary tenants of Skearton, Slyne and Warton, within the 

 same time for their necessary reparations of their fire houses and barns upon view and certificate of 

 vj sworn men in every of the said towns as hath been accustomed cccl timber trees, and to the farmers 

 of Quarlemore and farmers of Loynes Milne and the Fish Garths, calls and wears by grant from her 

 Majesty iiij score timber trees ; and also for dogstakes and gates in and about the said forest and park 

 xx'" trees worth iij' iiij"* the tree ; and also to her Majesty's Justices of Assize and auditor for service 

 at her Majesty's Castle of Lancaster for fire xl"' doted Stubbs worth ij' vj'^the tree. 



M"* there hath also been delivered yearly certain fee trees within the said forest, viz. to M' Auditor 

 one tree, to M' Receiver one tree, to the Surveyor one tree, to the head Steward one, to the clerk of 

 the County Court one, to the Keeper of the Woods one, and to the axbearer one tree, being fewel trees 

 worth ij' the tree. 



Thb Forest of Wversdale 



There is one wood called Hayshay within the said forest, in the parish of Lancaster, containing 

 xx* acres besett with hollyn and eller of iiij score years' growth worth iij* iiij** the acre ; and in the 

 same there groweth Ixx small saplings for building timber worth iij^ iiij"* the tree, c doted okes for 

 firewood worth ij' the oke. 



M"" the said wood is necessary to be reserved for the shade of the deer and repair of her Majesty's 

 tenants' houses. 



There is also one other wood within the said forest called Brigbanck, containing iij acres besett 

 with eller of an old growth worth v* the acre ; and there groweth in the same xviij old okes for fire- 

 wood worth xviij'^ the oke ; one other wood there called Horseholme and Mirkeholm containing iiij 

 acres besett with hollyn, eller, hasle and thorn of iiij score years' growth worth vj' viij* the acre ; one 

 other wood there called Cadshaybrowe containing vj acres besett with hasle and ash of Ix years' 

 growth worth five shillings the acre ; one other wood there called Haythornthwaite containing iiij 

 acres besett with eller, hasle, hay thorn, and some ash of an old growth x' the acre ; and there groweth 

 in the same ccc young sapling spires like to be for building worth ij' vj"" the sapling spire ; one other 

 wood there called Larpitts containing iij acres besett with hollyn, eller, and whitethorn of xxx years' 

 growth, worth vj* viij*" the acre ; one other wood there called Whitridingbrow containing xvj acres 

 all sett with young sapling spires and birtches of xl"' years' growth worth xx' the acre ; one other 

 wood within the said forest called Hollinhead containing viij acres besett with eller, hasle, and 

 Whitethorn of xl"° years' growth worth vj* viij"* the acre, and there groweth in the same xxx"° small 

 saplings for building worth ij* vj'' the sapling, and xx old okes for firewood worth ij' the oke ; one 

 other wood there called the Crowebrowe containing five acres besett with eller, hasle, and whitethorn 

 of Ixx years' growth worth yj' viij"* the acre ; and there groweth in the same six saplings for building 

 timber worth iiij* the sapling and Ixx old doted okes for firewood worth ij* the oke ; one other 

 wood called Ortney containing by estimation five acres, slenderly besett with hollyn and other brush- 

 wood worth ij* vij"" the acre ; and there is in the same Ix saplings for building timber worth iij' iiij"* 

 the sapling, and x doted okes for firewood worth to be sold after the rate of two shillings the oke ; 

 one other wood called Grenebanck containing vij acres besett with hollyn, eller, hasle, and white- 

 thorn of an old growth worth x* the acre ; and there groweth in the same Ixx small okes for 

 slender building worth ij' the oke ; one other wood there called Dunockshaye containing four acres 

 besett with hollyn, hasle, and eller of fifty years' growth worth ij* viij'' the acre, and there groweth 

 in the same be old scrud saplings for firewood worth xviij** the sapling ; one other wood called 

 Gr)'sdall containing vj acres slenderly besett with eller and some thorns of iiij score years' growth, 

 worth iij' iiij'' the acre ; and there groweth in the same cc young sapling spires worth ij' vj*" the spire. 



M** the woods and underwoods within the said forest are so far distant from any town and 

 there lyeth so many great commons about the said forest so as the same woods are very little accounted 

 of by reason there are so few houses and so great store of turves to be gotten in and about the said 

 forest. 



M** there hath been delivered to her Majesty's tenants within the said forest by the view and oath 

 of vj sworn men for the repair of their houses according as hath been accustomed since the xx"" year of 

 her .Majest)-'s reign that now is until the first day of July in the xxix year, the number of Ix timber 

 trees worth iij' the tree over and besides vj timber trees delivered for the repair of needful bridges 

 worth iij' iiij'' the tree, which bridges are over such dangerous waters within the said forest as many 

 hath been drowned for lack of the same. 



M"" there are certain fee trees yearly going out of the said forest of Wyersdale, viz'. To the 

 steward one, to the surveyor one, and to the keeper of the said forest one, being fewell trees worth 

 ij' the tree. 



The Forest of Mirescowe 



There is one park within the said forest called Mirescowe park, in the parish of Garstange 

 containing by estimation six miles about, and in the same there is iiij score and xiiij acres of under- 

 woods slenderly sett with eller, hasle, and whitethorn of Ix years' growth, worth v' the acre and there 

 is in the same c old dotered okes for firewood worth ij' the tree. ' 



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