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the Forest to record its exact bounds. This was because
Richard had been in dispute with four knights who owned land adjoining the forest. The perambulation (known ever since as "the 1240 Perambulation") took place on 24 July 1240. It was around this time that the first of the
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There was another perambulation of the forest bounds in 1608 which introduced a number of changes and added boundary points between the existing ones. The exact boundaries continued to be unclear or disputed until the later 19th century.
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Although the original document detailing the route of the 1240 Perambulation has been lost, a number of near-contemporary copies still exist, differing only in spelling. A modern transcription of the places mentioned is as follows:
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introduced the concept of forest law in
England in the 11th century. Until 1204 the whole of Devon was a royal forest, but in that year
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et inde linealiter usque at vadum proximum in orientali parte capelle Sancti
Michaelis de Halgestoke
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Somers Cocks, John (1970). "Saxon and Early
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inherited the forest, but when he died in 1300 with no heir, the forest reverted to
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et inde linealiter usque ad predictum hogam de
Cossdonne in orientali parte
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et inde linealiter usque per mediam turbariam de
Alberysheved (Aberesheved)
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in 1217, and in 1239 he granted the Forest of
Dartmoor (and the Manor of
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et inde linealiter usque ad parvam hogam que vocatur parva
Hundetorre,
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et inde linealiter usque ad la
Redelake (Rodelake) que cadit in Erme
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et sic inde linealiter usque ad
Battyshull (Cattyshill, Gnattishull)
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et inde linealiter usque ad Wotesbrokelakesfote que cadit in Tyng,
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et sic per aliam Dertam ascendendo usque Okebrokysfote,
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et inde linealiter usque ad caput de Wester Wellabroke
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Nun's Cross, one of the boundary markers of the Forest
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The Discovery of Dartmoor, a Wild and Wondrous Region
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et sic per Wester Wellabroke usque cadit in Avenam,
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et inde linealiter usque ad Heigheston (Hengheston)
289:et sic in longum Wallebroke usque cadit in Dertam,
236:et inde linealiter usque ad Langestone (Yessetone)
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335:et sic ascendendo Okebroke usque ad la Dryeworke,
190:A prominent hill on the northern edge of Dartmoor
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397:et inde linealiter usque ad Ester Whyteburghe
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349:et ita ascendendo usque ad la Dryfeld ford,
276:et inde linealiter usque ad Wallebrokeshede
249:The marsh at the head of the Metheral Brook
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511:The confluence of the Rattle Brook and the
444:et sic linealiter usque at crucem Sywardi
306:et sic per Dertam usque ad aliam Dertam,
266:et inde linealiter usque ad Furnum regis
205:et inde linealiter usque ad Thurlestone,
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541:et inde linealiter usque ad Ernestorre
434:et inde linealiter usque ad Elysburghe
424:et inde linealiter usque ad Grymsgrove
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228:The Longstone on Shovel Down
256:et sic in longum Wallebroke
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338:Up the O Brook to Dry Lake
296:to its confluence with the
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466:et sic per aliam Ysfother
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775:Milton, Patricia (2006).
758:Dartmoor Boundary Markers
549:Some sources say this is
91:Richard, Earl of Cornwall
742:Brewer 2002, map on p.21
145:Edward, the Black Prince
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184:…ad hogam de Cossdonne
170:Original text of 1240
143:granted the forest to
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833:English royal forests
798:Dartmoor. A New Study
756:Brewer, Dave (2002).
706:Brewer 2002, pp.20–41
400:Eastern Whittabarrow
64:William the Conqueror
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606:on 28 September 2011
488:usque ad Mewyburghe
159:The "Perambulations"
828:History of Dartmoor
325:to the foot of the
688:on 28 January 2012
459:South Hessary Tor
376:Weston Wella Brook
131:granted it to his
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45:Forest of Dartmoor
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363:Ryder's Hill
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448:Nun's Cross
294:Walla Brook
281:Walla Brook
208:Watern Tor
112:, such as
105:perambulate
72:commonality
59:, England.
822:Categories
583:References
513:River Tavy
416:River Erme
389:River Avon
292:Along the
198:Hound Tor
133:favourite
125:The Crown
68:King John
403:A large
310:Dartmeet
99:, not a
53:Dartmoor
749:Sources
551:Yes Tor
327:O Brook
321:Up the
187:Cosdon
87:Lydford
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179:Notes
121:Edmund
114:Babeny
101:forest
405:cairn
96:chase
76:marks
57:Devon
804:ISBN
781:ISBN
762:ISBN
694:2011
612:2011
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