[159]. Cod. Dipl. No. 259.
[160]. Cod. Dipl. No. 276. “Et decem carros cum silvo (sic) honestos in monte regis, et communionem marisci quae ad illam villam antiquitus cum recto pertinebat.”
[161]. Cod. Dipl. No. 241. “Duobusque carris dabo licentiam silfam ad illas secundum antiquam consuetudinem et constituidem (sic) in aestate perferendam in commune silfa quod nos saxonicae in geménnisse dicimus.”
[162]. Cod. Dipl. No. 119. “Et ad pascendum porcos et pecora, et iumenta in silva regali aeternaliter perdono; et unius caprae licentiam in silva quae vocatur Saenling ubi meae vadunt.”
[163]. Royal forests in which common of pasture, or timber is given by the king. Cod. Dipl. Nos. 77, 107, 108, 201, 207, 234, 239, etc. Civic and common forests in which the king makes similar grants. Cod. Dipl. Nos. 96, 160, 179, 190, 198, 216, 219, etc. Private forests, conveyed in general terms of the grant. Cod. Dipl. Nos. 16, 17, 27, 32, 35, 36, 80, 83, 85, etc. Private forests particularly defined as appurtenant. Cod. Dipl. Nos. 80, 89, 138, 152, 161, 165, 187, 214, etc.
[164]. Cod. Dipl. Nos. 47, 86, 96, etc.
[165]. Cod. Dipl. No. 56. “Excepto eo, ut si quando in insula eidem ruri pertinente proventus copiosior glandis acciderit, uni solummodo gregi porcorum saginae pastus regi concederetur; et praeter hoc nulli, neque principi, neque praefecto, neque tiranno alicui, pascua constituantur.” This right of the king’s was called Fearnleswe: “Et illam terram ... liberabo a pascua porcorum regis quod nominamus Fearnleswe.” Cod. Dipl. No. 277.
[166]. Cod. Dipl. No. 236. “Silva quoque omnis quae illi aecclesiae et suburbanis eius suppetit, in omnibus causis sit libera, et non secetur ibi ad regis vel principis aedificia aliqua pars materiae grossi vel gracilis, sed ab omnibus defensa et libera maneat.” Compare Böhm. Reg. Karol. Nos. 387, 1157, 1598.
[167]. From a speech of Lord Bacon’s against the abuses of purveyors, it appears that those who were to purvey timber for the king, even as late as the reign of James the First, used to extort money by the threat of felling ornamental trees in the avenues or grounds of mansion-houses. Barrington, Anc. Stat. p. 7, note.
[168]. “If any one wrong an ecclesiastic or a foreigner, in anything touching either his property or his life, then shall the king, or the earl there in the land [i. e. among the Danes] or the bishop of the people be unto him as a kinsman and protector: and let compensation be strictly made, according to the deed, both to Christ and the king; or let the king among the people severely avenge the deed.” Eádw. Guð. § 12. Thorpe, i. 174. See also Ranks. § 8. Æðelr. ix. § 33. Cnut, ii. § 40. Hen. I. x. § 3; lxxv. § 7.