. Old sports and sportsmen : or, The Willey country. n, recreation, and health which unfor-tiinately now exists, and in favour of re-uniting the three; and weare persuaded that the sooner this takes place the better for thenation. CHAPTEE I. THE MARSH AND FOREST PERIODS. Early Features of the Country—The Hawk an acquisition to Sports-men—Hawk aeries—Hawks according to Degrees—Brookand other kinds of Hawking—Hawking and Hunting—AShropshire Historians Charge against the Conqueror—Bishopsand their Clergy as much given to the Sport as Laymen—The Rector of Madeley—The Merrie Days, &c. Diversified b
. Old sports and sportsmen : or, The Willey country. n, recreation, and health which unfor-tiinately now exists, and in favour of re-uniting the three; and weare persuaded that the sooner this takes place the better for thenation. CHAPTEE I. THE MARSH AND FOREST PERIODS. Early Features of the Country—The Hawk an acquisition to Sports-men—Hawk aeries—Hawks according to Degrees—Brookand other kinds of Hawking—Hawking and Hunting—AShropshire Historians Charge against the Conqueror—Bishopsand their Clergy as much given to the Sport as Laymen—The Rector of Madeley—The Merrie Days, &c. Diversified by wood and moor, by lake and sedgypool, dense flocks of wild fowl of various kinds atone time afforded a profusion of winged game ; andthe keen eye and sharp talons oftbe hawk no doubt pointed it outas a desirable acquisition to tbesportsman long ere be succeededin pressing it into bis service:indeed it must bave been amarked advance in tbe art wbenbe first availed bimself of itsinstinct. Old records supply materials for judg-. MARSH A^B FOREST PERIODS. ing of tlie estimation in which, this bird was held byour ancestors, it being not uncommon to find per-sons holding tenements or paying fines in lieu ofservice to the lord of the fee by rendering a soresparrow-hawk—a hawk in its first years restrictions upon the liberty the oldRoman masters of the country allowed with respectto wild fowl were im-posed ; the act of steal-ing a hawk, and thatof taking her eggs, be-ing punishable by im-prisonment for a yearand a day. The high-born, with birds be-decked with hoods ofsilk, collars of gold,and bells of evenweight, but of difier-ent sound, appeared according to their rank—ager-falcon for a king, a falcon gentle for a prince,a falcon of the rock for a duke, a janet for aknight, a merlin for a lady, and a lamere for asquire. From close-pent manor and high-walledcastle, to outspread plain and expansive lake or river
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