Front matter
Reading edition
THE ANTIQUARY’S BOOKS
GENERAL EDITOR: J. CHARLES COX, LL.D., F.S.A.
THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND
THE GREENDALE OAK (1720)
THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND
BY J. CHARLES COX, LL.D., F.S.A.
WITH FIFTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published in 1905
THIS ATTEMPT TO DELINEATE SOME OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND IS DEDICATED WITH MUCH ADMIRATION AND RESPECT TO RICHARD HISCO WHITWORTH CHAPLAIN OF NEWSTEAD PRIORY AND FOR FORTY YEARS VICAR OF BLIDWORTH IN RECOGNITION OF THE REMARKABLE GRIP THAT HE HAS OBTAINED OVER THE FOREST-LORE OF SHERWOOD AND OF HIS SKILL AS A MODERN BALLAD-WRITER ON THE OLD ROMANTIC LINES