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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and grouse are especially found in great plenty. Deer were formerly very numerous in the barony of Wandell, … the resort of James V., when pursuing the sport of deer-hunting in the once thickly-wooded hills of Hartside. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and 'the park gate' is mentioned in 1617. 19 A herd of deer was apparently maintained in the park from at least the …
A History of the County of Essex
… the 17th century the kings of England frequently hunted deer in the forest. 162 In 1294 some of the king's horses … During the Civil War and Interregnum the red and fallow deer in the forest were almost completely destroyed by … 165 and in 1661 the king issued instructions that no deer was to be killed there for three years unless he was …
A History of the County of Essex
… any injury they might sustain from the free range of the deer. 51 But by 1865 the influx of people from London was … by the forest conservators. 265 By 1721 the stock of deer in the forest was diminishing, and to conserve them a ban on killing them in the walk, including fee deer, was imposed for 3 years. 266 Further restraints were …
A History of the County of Essex
… it included some common land, and Rich complained that his deer were continually disturbed by people and cattle. He …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… constable'. From the 16th century the style 'keeper of the deer and woods' was used in the patents rather than 'warden', …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… human bones wrapped up in a covering composed of several deer skins, and a small vessel of oak, in the shape of an …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from 1330 or earlier, 59 similarly alludes to wild deer. Woodland was important in later times as well. In the … of water including a lake of 2 a. 70 The herd of red deer, which still existed in 1982, is said to have been formed in 1851. About 1902 there were also fallow deer; by 1910 the herd totalled c. 200, and after the Second …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… for 45 l. to John Latton for 14 loads of hay for the deer in Windsor Little Park. (Money order dated April 15 …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… payment of 30 l. 17 s. 2 d. expended by him in prosecuting deer stealers at Richmond Park between 1701 Michaelmas and …