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The royal forests of England

LIST OF PLATES

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The Greendale Oak Frontispiece

From Strutt’s Sylva Britannica, 1826.

I. The King Hunting (1) To face page 4

Brit. Mus. MSS., Royal 10 E. iv., ff. 253-4.

II. The King Hunting (2) ” 8

Brit. Mus. MSS., Royal 10 E. iv., ff. 255-6.

III. Head of Attachment Court Roll ” 14

Accounts Exch. Q. R., 134/16, temp. Edw. II.

IV. Red Deer ” 26

From Gilpin’s Forest Scenery, 1791.

V. Wild Boars ” 30

Brit. Mus. MSS., Add. 27, 699.

VI. Wolf and Sheepfold and Wild Goats ” 32

Brit. Mus. MSS., Royal 12 C. xix., ff. 14, 19.

VII. Pigs of the New Forest ” 42

From Gilpin’s Forest Scenery, 1791.

VIII. Netting in Woods and Streams ” 58

Brit. Mus. MSS., Cott., Tib. A. vii., f. 51.

IX. The Four Beasts of Venery ” 60

X. The Four Beasts of Chase ” 62

XI. The Four Beasts of Sport ” 64

Plates IX., X., and XI., are from Cott. MSS., Vesp. B. xii., ff. 1, 2.

XII. Maple Tree, Boldre Churchyard ” 72

From Strutt’s Sylva Britannica, 1826.

XIII. Straw Helmets and Swindgel of the Deer-hunters of Cranborne Chase ” 84

V. M. M. Cox.

XIV. Deer Stalking ” 102

Brit. Mus. Add. MSS., 27, 699, ff. 108-9.

XV. Forest Hermit ” 108

Brit. Mus. MSS., Royal 19 E. iii., f. 133.

XVI. Berner and Limehound, and Crossbow Shooting ” 122

XVII. Dog Leeching and Rewarding the Hounds ” 140

XVIII. Foxes, Deer in Forest, and Wolves ” 164

Plates XVI., XVII., and XVIII. are from Add. MSS., 27, 699, ff. 6, 20, 23, 28, 50, 58, 109.

XIX. Sherwood Forester of Fee, Skegby Church ” 204

Photograph from the Rev. H. J. Stamper.

XX. Monument of Thomas Leake, Blidworth Church ” 216

Photograph from the Rev. R. H. Whitworth.

XXI. Haywood Oaks, Blidworth ” 222

Photographs from Rev. R. H. Whitworth.

XXII. Ladies Rabbiting ” 304

Brit. Mus. MSS., Royal 10 E. iv.

XXIII. The Hill Woods, Lyndhurst ” 316

From “The New Forest,” Horace G. Hutchinson.

XXIV. A Deer Leap, Wolseley Park ” 330

W. Salt, Arch. Soc., vol. v.

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