. Old sports and sportsmen : or, The Willey country. ynd to the east, and included Lilleshall, St. Georges,Dawley, Shifnal, Kemberton, and Madeley on thesouth. From the Survey of Shropshire Forests in 1235, it appears that the following woods weresubject to its jurisdiction : Leegomery, Wrockwar-dine Wood, Eyton-on-the-Weald Moors, Lilleshall,Sheriffhales, the Lizard, Stirchley, and Great Daw-ley. A later perambulation fixed the boimds of theroyal preserve, or Haye of Wellington, in whichtwo burnings of lime for the use of the crown arerecorded, as well as the fact that three hundred oak-trees
. Old sports and sportsmen : or, The Willey country. ynd to the east, and included Lilleshall, St. Georges,Dawley, Shifnal, Kemberton, and Madeley on thesouth. From the Survey of Shropshire Forests in 1235, it appears that the following woods weresubject to its jurisdiction : Leegomery, Wrockwar-dine Wood, Eyton-on-the-Weald Moors, Lilleshall,Sheriffhales, the Lizard, Stirchley, and Great Daw-ley. A later perambulation fixed the boimds of theroyal preserve, or Haye of Wellington, in whichtwo burnings of lime for the use of the crown arerecorded, as well as the fact that three hundred oak-trees were consumed in the operation. Hugh Forester, and Robert the Forester, arespoken of as tenants of the crown in connection withthis Haye ; and it is an interesting coincidence thatthe land originally granted by one of the Norman AND THE FORESTERS. 59 earls, or by King Henry I., for the custody of thisHaye, whicli included what is now called Hay Gate,is still in possession of the present noble owner ofWilley. It seems singular, however, that in the. Arundel Eolls of 1255, it should be described asa, pourpresture, for which eighteen pence per acrewas paid to the king, as being held by the saidRobert Forester towards the custody of the Welling-ton Haia. 60 THE WREKIN FOREST Among tlie perquisites whicli tlie said RobertForester was allowed, as Keeper of tlie Haye, alldead wood and windfalls are mentioned, unless morethan five oak-trees were blown down at a time, inwbicli case tbey went to the king. The Haye isspoken of here as an imparkment, wbicb agreeswith the descriptions of Chaucer and other oldwriters, who speak of a Haia as a place paledin, or enclosed, into which deer or other game weredriven, as they now drive deer in Xorth America,or elephants in India, and of grants of land madeto those whose especial duty it was to drive thedeer with their troop of followers from all parts of awide circle into such enclosure for slaughter. Thefollowing description of deer-hunting in th
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