Memorials of old Northamptonshire . e forester, if he be present; orelse he shall cause one to blow an horn for him, that heseem not to steal our deer; and likewise they shall do soreturning from us. The Assize and Customs of the Forest of 1278 containsa special interest for Northamptonshire in the particularclause giving permission to the Abbot of the Boroughof St. Peter to hunt and to take Hares, Foxes and Martronswithin the bounds of the forest, and to have unlawed dogs,because he has sufficient warrant thereunto. The Forest Laws after the Plantagenet Kings were verylaxly put in force till
Memorials of old Northamptonshire . e forester, if he be present; orelse he shall cause one to blow an horn for him, that heseem not to steal our deer; and likewise they shall do soreturning from us. The Assize and Customs of the Forest of 1278 containsa special interest for Northamptonshire in the particularclause giving permission to the Abbot of the Boroughof St. Peter to hunt and to take Hares, Foxes and Martronswithin the bounds of the forest, and to have unlawed dogs,because he has sufficient warrant thereunto. The Forest Laws after the Plantagenet Kings were verylaxly put in force till the time of Charles I., when theirlatent power was most unseasonably revived ; since thenthe prerogative in crown forests has certainly not beenused for oppressive purposes, though various Statutes fromand including the Charta de Foresta down to i6th ofCharles I. are still in force. Rockingham was the earliest in date of the threeNorthamptonshire Forests to be made a Royal domain,and became one of the largest in the kingdom. It was. z D o Jz zz oz oz o The Royal Forests. hi in the hands of the Crown at the time of I. ordered the castle to be built; WilHam Rufusand Henry I. were frequently here ; John was a constantvisitor, and in his reign the Close Rolls show numerousentries respecting the treatment to be given the Royalhounds and hawks ; the quantity of flesh they were dailyto be fed upon is specified; and the number of times thegirfalcons were to be let fly. The Sheriff of Nottinghamon one occasion is ordered to procure young pigeons forthe hawks food, and also swines flesh, and once a weekthe flesh of fowl. Henry III. was probably many times at 1219 he sent his huntsman, Richard de la Hunt, tochase in the forest, and during his stay the Sheriff was toprovide for him and his two horses, for two valets, forthe hounds, a swordsman, a whipper-in, four greyhounds,and fourteen running hounds. He is also to have salt forsalting the venison, and means
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