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Forests Hunting reserves were not only exploited by their owners. Some abbeys had exemptions from forest rights. The provision of fuel, the grazing of flocks, the co~struction of folds and shelters for the animals and of temporary shielings for the herdsmen must have made considerable inroads into a forest's vegetation and put pressure on the maintenance of a hunting, reserve. Such pressure was exerted in several reserves including Gala and Leader. The royal forest of Gala and Leader, first recorded in 1150 x 1152, must have been created shortly after 1136 when Melrose received pasture, pannage and the right to cut wood there. From its creation, this forest was subjected to the common activity of both laymen and ecclesiastics. Lands were held at Sorrowlessfield (by William Soroules), Kedslie (Alwin), Blainslie (William, son of Oein), lands near Kedslie (William de Lyndesay), lands near Blainslie (the Stewards) and Sorrowlessfield, Earlston and Lauder (earls of Dun bar). And the monks ofDryburgh held a grange at Kedslie ~ith a right of pasture in the forest. It appears that there had been a dispute between the monks of Melrose and Richard de Moreville because he tried to share in Melrose's pasture rights in the royal forest and because the monks objected to Richard's ''':::.~'\ .. ··0· (I • /_ • eo. 0 .... .-. . .",. . . ..........• . .-.. : • • .. • _: C) • ':0 0 .-0 -">. -">. 0 D ~'.0 0 ·:••••(;)0· •• 0 ~ ".0. ~ .Cl. o o :0"0 0 ••••0. 0 "'0 0 0 o "00 0 "0 ·0 0 0 co ···.0 0 Q/ ···.0 0 0 ,,~ "'4-•••.0 0 Q °.° 0 .Cl. ....~ ".0 0 0 ,;. "'og 0 0 •••• -Q .....--....... - '. 0 .. 0 .. 0 ~ ~..":".. .. rllWoodi,"d ~"""'''''........., ......' ...: ...~ 0_ ': a Woodland scrub and grass ~ ---Moss-peat ::'-:-Moor o ~::: Marsh • .. Shaded symbols ...... Direct charter evidence Gala and Leader Forest: vegetation 455 hunting throughout the forest (especially in Threepwood) and the monks tried to increase their buildings in the forest. The first map gives an indication of the vegetation of the Gala and Leader Forest; and the second map shows the land use and routes in the forest. • LEADER FOREST ll. it __....' ..~.........--.....:r....__ ',. Land use a Arable land, direct charter evidence .. Arable land, no direct charter evidence o Pastoral land, direct charter evidence • Pastoral land, no direct charter evidence _ Routes, direct charter evidence •••••Routes, probable Gala and Leader Forest: land use and routes I o miles I 2 I 3

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