By the Rev. Canon J. E. Jackson, F.S.A. 



293 



w That about sixty years since the Lord Audley that was 

 the Lord of Warminster did make a warren at Wynehill 

 upon Warminster heath, since wh. time there hath bin a 

 warren of coneys, and a lodge built for a warrener, and a 

 warreoer have lived there and the coneys have spread over 

 all Dafford's woods and Wyne hill to the great prejudice of 

 the feeding of the deere within the s d forest, before wch. 

 time there were neither Coneys nor Lodge there. 



" That since Longleat Park was inclosed Sir John Thynne"^ 

 and my Lord Studley and Sir Thos. Thynne did inclose out 

 of the Forest one hundred acres of ground or thereabout and 

 lett the same to severall Tennants that have built twelve j 

 cottages upon and about Rottenbury Hill within the same | 

 being forrest as abovesaid. J 



4< That about twenty years since a Warrant was sent under ^ 

 my Lord of Nottingham's hand that was L d Chief Justice in 

 Eyre directed unto the bayliffe or ranger of Dafford's Wood 

 in Wiltshire Walke commanding him to serve him his Fee - 

 bucke and upon that warrant Sir Thomas Thynne's keeper 

 of that walke did kill a warrantable bucke and delyvered it 

 to the messenger and one Arthur Grymes had the bucke. J 



" That Sir Thomas hath ever since his father's death kept ") 

 deere in Darforde wood. y 



" That Roade Heath Southwicke and Langham were here- 

 tofore reputed forest. 



Henry and Ed- 

 ward Salisbury 



W m . Whytehead 



Jo. Whately 



E Salisbury 

 that there are 

 12 cottages 



Jos. Symes 



W. White and 



others 

 Wm. White 

 Phi. Kipping 

 That he heard 

 60 years since 

 that the deer 

 of the Forest 

 did use to feed 

 in a meadow 

 betweenAshton 

 & Trowbridge 



Wa. Clarke 

 Phi. Kipping 



tt That for two years since Road Heath and all that is 

 called by the name of Slowe grove and the rest of the com- 

 mon woode and grounde between Road heath and Hagg hill 

 was reputed forest. J 



"That about twenty-three years since deere did ordinarily | Wm Bighop 

 feed and ly in Keevil woods and Littleton wood. ) 



» That there is signe upon Hagghill where the lodge stood 1 

 and it was reported that the herd of bucks did usually ly in J Do 

 the plain near adjoining. -n 



"That Mr. Long and Mr. Martin have cut within these 1 

 sk years within Slowgrove and Ammer acre vi hundred J Mr. Styleman 

 oakes and have inclosed contrary to the forest laws. 



« That in a copice of my Lord Ley's that lyeth on the north- 

 side of Mr. Sloper's Copice which is called by the name of 

 Jebbett Copice there is signe of the inclosure of the 1113 part 

 of an acre of ground square where, as it hath bin reported 

 by ancient men, a Lodge stood. 

 VOL. XXIII. — NO. LXIX. 



Robert Tucker 

 alias Couch 



