Its clauses provided the framework of forest law throughout the 13th cent., but only in the 14th cent., when large areas were disafforested, did the political issue subside. |
Tendring hundred had been disafforested by king Stephen before the grant of John mentioned above. |
His defence that King John had disafforested Brewood saved his life and he escaped with only a fine. |
The parish of Wicken, for example, was disafforested at this time. |
From 1618 the area was disafforested and the land leased, often to people who were already occupying it illegally. |
They grazed cattle on disafforested surfaces, building small stone huts to accommodate themselves, as well as the cattle they grazed. |