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entry of September 27th: ' Making a pannell for Jo. Bod well, 

 for carrying iij rey kidds to London, xx d .' This experiment 

 was followed by no fewer than thirty-two young Roes being 

 despatched to London in 1633. First of all, we have an entry 

 of the remuneration bestowed on the men who caught the Roe 

 kids. This is dated the 29th of June : 'To severall persons for 

 takeing 31 roe kidds, as appareth by bill, vii 11 . xii s . vj d . . . . 

 To Micha. Fidler for 1 kide, v s .' Under the heading of Hus- 

 bandry we have an entry on ' Julye 1°. To Rowland Hewthwaite 

 for makeing a payre of cart wheeles for the roes, x s .' On the 

 1 6th of this month we read of another necessary charge : ' To 

 Wm. Lancaster, the smith, for bindinge 3 payre of wheeles w T ith 

 iren which carried roes to London, vi u . xvj d .' (there is probably 

 a mistake in the sum charged). The August accounts tell us 

 who the worthy was to whom the duty of conveying the Roe to 

 London was delegated : '21. Richard Crofte's charges to London 

 (with 6 menne and 7 horses cariinge roes to Kinge Charles), 

 ther and home againe, per bill, xxii 11 . iij s . ix d .' The wear and 

 tear of the long stage-journey, across Shap Fell and all through 

 the midland counties, entailed some damages, which were 

 prudently repaired when the party returned from London : 

 'For repairinge 3 cartes sent with roes to London to Kinge 

 Charles, thether and home againe, xv s . x d .' 



So far as we can judge, the Naworth Roe Deer ranged at 

 their pleasure over the mosses and woods round Brampton. 

 When their venison was wanted, a deer-keeper was sent out to 

 shoot the number required. Thus, we have entered on the 12th 

 of March 1618 : 'To Lionell G-eldart for his charges at Bramp- 

 ton, iij nightes to kill ij roes, ij s . vi d .' The younger animals 

 were probably picked up in the woods by the country-folk, and 

 taken to the castle, as in 1622, when we find entered on June 

 11th, ' To a boy bringing a rey kidd, vj d .' 



The descendants of those very Roes whose kids were sent 

 to Charles I. still haunt the coverts of the border-land. A few 

 exist near Naworth, and a few more wander through the planta- 

 tions of the Netherby property. On some rare occasions these 

 animals have been known to cross the Eden, and even to wander 

 up the valley of that river into the neighbourhood of Penrith. 



