FORESTRY 



There is also one wood called the outwood of Mirescowe containing cxxxij acres slenderly sett 

 with eller, hasle, sallowe, whitethorn, hoUyn and blackthorn of iiij score years growth, worth vj viij 

 the acre, wherein is forty stoved saplings for building timber worth iiij' the sapling, and three score 

 doted okes for firewood worth ij' vj* the oke. 



M"" there are certain fee trees yearly taken within the said forest of Mirescowe, viz', to the 

 steward one, to the receiver one, to the surveyor one, to the keeper of the wood one, being fewel trees 

 worth ij" the tree. 



M" the farmers within Mirescowe hath liberty by virtue of their leases to stubb up ellers, brushes 

 and brambles within the said forest of Mirescowe by reason whereof the underwood is greatly decayed, 

 wherein order is specially to be taken. 



There is also one wood called Buckeshead, in the parish of Ormcschurch, containing by estimation 

 fifty acres wherein is four acres besett with hasle, eller, birtch, and whitethorn worth vj' viij* the acre, 

 and there is in the same Ix young saplings for building timber worth iiij' the sapling, fit to be reserved 

 for the repair of her Majesty's tenants' houses and the chancel of Ormeschurch, which her Majesty is 

 charged to find timber for the same. 



M* there hath been delivered to the Queen's Majesty's tenants in Bruscowe for the repair of 

 their houses, viz', to Richard Hill, Richard Parker, John Mawdesley, Henry Haworth, Robert 

 Mawdesley, and divers others her Majesty's tenants thereabouts since the xx"" year of her Majesty's 

 reign until the first day of July in the xxix'" year the number of xxxvij'" timber trees worth iiij' vj" 

 the tree. 



In the year 1610 a survey and valuation of the woodlands belonging to the Duchy in the 

 county was made, including timber trees, saplings and underwood upon the copyhold and leasehold 

 tenements. A summary is set out on the following pages : — 



449 57 



