OF SEL BORNE. 
was laid out by fome of our earlicfl; Norman kings, who were exceed- 
ingly atraclied to the pleafures of the chafe, and refided much uc 
IFincheJler, which lies at a moderate dlftance from this diftrift. 
The Plantagenet princes feem to have been plcafcd with Ifoolmer ; 
for tradition fays that king Job/i refided juft upon the verge, at 
IVard-k-lhir,!, on a regular and remarkable mount, Hill called 
King Johns H'lll and Lodge Hill ; and Edzvard III. had a chapel in 
his park, or enclofure, at KingJIcy Humphrey, duke of Gloucefier, 
and Richard, duke of Tork, fay my evidences, were both, in their 
turns, zvardens of Woolmer-forejl ; which feems to have ferved for an 
appointment for the younger princes of the royal family, as it- 
may again. 
I have intentionally mentioned Edzvard III. and the dukes Hum- 
phrey and Richard, before king Edzvard II. becaufe I have rcfcrved, 
for the entertainment of my readers, a pleafant anecdote refpefting 
that prince, with which I fliall clofe this letter. 
As Edzvard l\. was hunting on /^/-ooZ/m'-yor^, Alorris Ken, of the 
kitchen, fell from his horfe feveral times ; at which accidents the 
king laughed immoderately : and, when the chafe was over, or- 
dered him twenty fhillings an enormous fum for thofe days ! 
Proper allowances ought to be made for the youth of this monarch, 
whofe fpirits alfo^ we may fuppofe, were much exhilarated by the 
fport of the day : but, at the Tame time, it is reafonable to remark 
1 The parilh of KiKgJley lies between, and divides Woolmer-forefl from Ayles Holt-forcf. 
See Letter IX. to Mr. Pennant. 
" Item, paid at the lodge at Woohier, when the king was flag-hunting there, to 
Morris Ken, of the kitchen, becaufe he rode before the king and often fell from his horfe, 
at which the king laughed exceedingly — a gift, by command, of twenty fhillings." 
A MSS, in pofTeffion of IhmaiAfiU, efq. containing the private expenfts of Edward II. 
Ss that. 
