bounds and meetes of the Forrest of
Essex had bin from Bowbridge to Cat-
way Bridge in length, and in breadth
from the river of Thames to Stan Street,
and he would know how his Master had
lost every inch of it." The jury (com-
posed of Verderers, Rangers, and other
forest officers) was frightened by the
violence and threats of Attorney-General
Finch (an anticipator of Jeffreys) and
reluctantly gave a verdict in his favour.
This enforced verdict was confirmed at
the adjourned sitting held at Stratford
on the 8th of April, 1635, and so, to
quote Sir Simonds D'Ewes' "Auto-
biography" :—
" Besides this great and dreadful wound
inflicted by this levy of Ship money upon
the subjects' liberty in general, this present
year, 1635, the County of Essex had in
particular a most heavy and fatal blow ; for
the whole shire upon the matter, except the
HAVERING STONE, as it was built into a wall near
the Whalebone House on the Romford Road.