Forest of Braydon
The Forest of Braydon (anciently Bradon), is an historic royal hunting forest in Wiltshire, England, the remnant of which lies about 6 miles north-west of Swindon. In ancient times it encompassed about 30,000 acres.[1]
History[]
In the year 688, Caedwalla, king of the West Saxons, granted to Abbot Aldhelm of Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire, thirty hides on the eastern side of Braydon Wood (de orientali parte silve Bradon).[2]
At its greatest extent, Braydon Forest covered about a third of the area of the county of Wiltshire, but over the centuries most of it was gradually cleared.[3]
Keepers[]
Persons holding the office of "Keeper of the Forest of Bradon" include:
- 1293: Roger de Moels (c.1232-1295), father of John de Moels, 1st Baron Moels (d. 1310).[4]
References[]
- ^ "Purton". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ S. E. Kelly, ed. (2005). Charters of Malmesbury Abbey, Anglo-Saxon Charters 11. Oxford University Press for the British Academy. Oxford: trin.cam.ac.uk. p. S 234. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Braydon: a study of settlement in a parish-edge forest", Paul Pattison, David Field, Stewart Ainsworth, Patterns of the past: essays in landscape archaeology for Christopher Taylor (1999)
- ^ Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, new edition, Vol.IX, p.5, quoting Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1292-1301, p.42"
Categories:
- English royal forests