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hinder them.' Finding them defiant, he sent out a party of 

 troops, who surprised the hunting party on a fresh foray, ' broke 

 all their cartes, and tooke a dozin of the principall gentlemen 

 that were there, and brought them to mee to Witherington, where 

 I then lay. I made them welcome, and gave them the best 

 entertainment that I could. They lay in the castle two or 

 three dayes, and so I sent them home, they assuring mee that 

 they would never hunt there againe without leave, which they 

 did truly performe all the time I stayed there ; and I many 

 times mett them my self e, and hunted with them two or three 

 dayes ; and so wee continued good neighbours ever after. But 

 the King complained to the Queene very grieveously of this fact. 

 The Queene and Council liked very well of what I had done ; 

 but to give the King some satisfaction to content him, my two 

 officers were commanded to the Bishop of Durham's, there to 

 remaine prisoners during her Majesties pleasure. Within a 

 fortnight I had them out againe ; and there was no more of this 

 businesse.' x 



When the last of the antlered stags disappeared from the 

 domains which this honest Warden protected so effectually, we 

 do not know. The old race lingered long enough at any rate 

 to afford sport to that grim baron, Lord William Howard, who, 

 by the way, spent his nights as well as his days in ' fishing ' for 

 outlawed men. 



The Lansdowne MS. tells us of a visit which certain stray 

 gallants paid to Naworth. These officers, being forced at first 

 to seek entertainment ' in a very poor cottage in his liberties/ 

 were pleased to meet with ' lucky entertainment, to wit, a cup 

 of nappy ale, and a peece of a red deere pye, more than we thought 

 fit to acquaint his Lordship with.' The lord of Naworth was 

 not, however, niggardly of venison. He sent many presents to 

 his friends in office. There exists an entry in his Accounts for 

 1619: 'March 28. 2 padlocks for the 2 hampers with dear 

 pyes, xiij d.' I borrow from the same source an entry made in 

 1633: 'July 30. To Jo Grayme of the Woodheade in the 

 Eatable lande, who informed my Lord who killed his Lordship's 

 deare, xx s.' That the Red Deer of this district were destroyed 

 1 Memoirs of Robert Cart/, Earl of Monmouth, pp. 129-135. 



