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coitceraing i\z §omthtics of Camborne 



Communicated by Miss M. Eyre Matcham, of Newhouse. 



From depositions undated : — 



«yt yre nav e been always racks or Eidings in Boyes & Heath Coppices, 

 w th have been frequently / /by him and o r keepers for y e Conveniency 



of Hunting — y l y re are Clap Styles w ch were made by Mr. Bowers ancestors 

 for y e Conveniency of riding thro' 14 Acres Coppice leading from New Down 

 to Preston Downe — y l y re are sev 11 antient stands [i.e.] steps cut in trees for 

 y e Keepers to get up & stand on to shoot y e Deer in y e Winter w ch are driven 

 by Men & Dogs (viz.) in New Down and one in Preston Down & have been 

 always used for y* purpose — etc." 



Letter from William Chafm to Messrs. Brooke & Salisbury=Dorchester : — 



" Chettle April 5th 1789. 



" Sir I received the favour of your letter and since you have been pleased 

 to mention the prosecutions against Tollard Hunters I beg leave to trouble 

 you with a few words on that subject. The two persons whom you mention 

 Roberts and Adams who have obtained time to plead, are persons of very 

 different Characters. Roberts is a most notorious Deer-stealer is the chief 

 Ringleader in all the parties who infest the Chace and has I verily believe 

 destroyed more of Lord Rivers deer than any man living and was one of the 

 three Villains who assaulted the Keepers last week. 



" Adams is an industrious Tradesman a Carpenter, who works for me every 

 day of his life & I never heard that he was ever concern'd in Deer stealing, 

 but was no doubt highly to blame in joining in the Tollard hunt & deserves 

 to be punished. But there is another person I apprehend under prosecution 

 who I sincerely wish had been pardon'd and I hope it is not yet too late to 

 stop the proceedings against him, the person I mean is one Venner of Tarrant 

 Gunville. He is the son of the Marquis of Buckingham's Woodman and 

 was sent by his Father on the day of the Hunt to see whether or no the 

 Fences were injured by the Hunters and to stop the Gaps. The young man 

 certainly did not go designedly to join the hunt, but when there could not I 

 suppose withstand the temptation. He is one of a large Family of industrious 

 honest People, not one of whom were ever suspected of destroying Deer and 

 if the man is too severely punished I fear it will create animosities between 

 Lord Rivers Keepers and L d Buckingham's Woodmen and Tenants and be pro- 

 ductive of much Injury to Lord Rivers Property. But on the contrary should 



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