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Appendix
Historical background
* 1100's : Fallow deer re-introduced to Britain, following extinction after the Ice
Age.
* 1465 : Black fallow deer recorded in Windsor forest by Harting.
1489-1493 : "316 red and fallow deere found dede of murrayn in the forest". This is
taken from a Verderer's record - "murrayn" is a non-specific term
referring to death from cold, starvation, parasites, etc. It is also
reported that in 1489 there was a "great destruction hy murrain in,
Stratford, Ongre, Ilford and Waltham".
1495 : Fallow deer first recorded in Epping Forest.
1543 : Henry VIII builds a hunting lodge for the deer park which has heen
created at Chingford Plain.
1589 : The hunting lodge is restored hy Elizabeth I.
1612 : Black fallow deer are introduced for James I, either by his father in law
the king of Denmark, or hy the Danish ambassador.
1615 : Many deer dead from "murrain". James I forbids the taking of
pawnage/pannage (the free range of pigs on acorns and roots).
1643 : Deer to be spared from killing for three years due to excessive
slaughter.
1688: Deer to be spared.