Note 306 — Chapter IV · SURNAMES OF OCCUPATION (COUNTRY).
Reading edition
In the Household Book of the Earl of Northumberland, in 1511, under the head of ‘Rewards,’ is one of ‘6s. 8d. to the Kyngs and Queenes Barward, if they have one, when they come to the Earl’ (Way). In the Parliamentary Rolls mention is made concerning the ‘Beremaistre of the Forest of Peake.’ It was not till 1835 that bear or bull baiting was finally forbidden by Act of Parliament.