CHAPTER I.

THE MARSH AND FOREST PERIODS. The Hawk an Acquisition to Sportsmen—Hawk aeries—Hawks 8 according to Degrees—Brook and other kinds of Hawking—Hawking and Hunting—A Shropshire Historian’s charge against the Conqueror—Bishops and their Clergy as much given to the Sport as Laymen—The Rector of Madeley—The Merrie Days, &c.