s. d. To Henry de Pont, for 14 0 iron bolts To Richard de Celir, 21 0 for four hundred iron clamps from Gloucester (4 lbs.) For carriage of the 3 4 same iron Also-- To Richard de Celir, 16 0 for rods of iron from Gloucester (10 lbs.) For carriage of the 6 8 same Thus widely spread was the good fame of the Forest metal. By an Inquisition of the 52 Hen. III. (1268), to ascertain what privileges the abbot and convent of Tynterne were accustomed to have in the Forest, the jurors returned that--"the said abbot and convent, by charters of the King's predecessors, are accustomed to have mines in the Forest for their own forge freely, and have never given anything for the said mines." {19} They reported, also, that "by charters of the Earl of Hereford it was granted to the said abbot and convent to have another forge in the said Forest, which was in use in the time of the said jurors." Ralph de Sandwico, Custos of the Castle and Manor of St. Briavels, in his return of monies received on behalf of the Crown from the iron mines and forges during the 4th of Edward I. (1276), {20a} states as paid:-- pounds s. d. 23 6 9.5 from the great and little mines of iron and coal. 11 6 0 for rent of forges in the Forest. 5 15 0 by sale of cinders (cineribus). This last item seems to show that even then it was customary to use the old cinders left from the still more ancient workings. A regard of the Forest, {20b} taken the 10th Edward I. (A.D. 1282), "De Forgeis in Foresta," records:-- "It has been presented by the regarders that many 'forgiae errantes' have been and are still in the Forest, and that those who have held and still hold them commit many evils in the Forest, above the wood and beneath it, both by injuring the trees as well as by means of their forges, great detriment being done in the Forest by them and their wood colliers. And these are the names of such as have held or still hold them, viz.:-- "_Of Parva Dene_.--Ralph Page, William the sharesmith, Thomas Hewlin, William of Hereford, John of Hereford--in all 5. "_Of Blakeney_.--Hugo Textor, together with Walter of Blakeney, Adam of Erlyxforde (Ayleford), John Boyce--altogether 3. "_Of Ettelano_ (Etloe).--Richard Pole. "_Of Lideneye_.--John Scot, Stephen Edys.