82 
British Deer Heads. 
No. 160. 
The following inscription was attached to 
this head : 
1608. August 24. Satursday. 
From Foxhole coppice rouzd, Great Britain's 
King I fled ; 
But what ? in Kiddington Pond he over- 
toke me dead. 
No. 161. 
Lent by : Viscount Dillon. 
Killed by : King James I. 
Locality : Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire. 
Date : Wednesday, August 22nd, 1610. 
Number of Points : 6 + 7. 
Length : 37^ inches. 
Beam : 5! inches. 
Inside Span : 33J inches. 
Remarks : Ditto as for No. 160. 
The following inscription was attached to 
this head : 
1610. August 22. Wednesday. 
In Henly Knap to hunt me King James's 
Prince Henry found me, 
Cornebury Parke River, to end their hunting, 
drownd me. 
No. 160. 
Lent by : Viscount Dillon. 
Killed by : King James I. 
Locality : Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire. 
Date : Saturday, August 24, 1608. 
Number of Points : 5 + 6. 
Length : 39 inches. 
Beam : 5^ inches. 
Inside Span : 25^ inches. 
Remarks : Owner's note : — In 1606 Sir Henry 
Lee, K.G., when excusing himself from sending 
all but official presents of venison, mentions that 
in consequence of the great drought the deer had 
strayed from Woodstock Park to the New Park 
at Richmond. The runs of the six heads at 
Ditchley do not indicate distances of more than 
about six miles from start to finish. It may be 
noted also that of the six runs two terminated 
in the water — the Kiddington Pond (the Glynne 
River) and Cornbury Park River (the Evenlode). 
James I. and Prince Henry frequently came to 
Oxfordshire for hunting in Wychwood Forest, 
and Sir Henry Lee, being Ranger of Woodstock 
Park, would receive and, when not disabled by 
age, accompany the two Royal hunters. 
No. 161. 
