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 or from the chief of the household, and the second from the queen, and the third from the steward. He has from the falconer a tame sparrowhawk every Michaelmas. He has provision in his lodging, a mess and a hornful of mead. To him belongs a third of the dirwy, camlwrw and ebediw of the huntsmen, and a third of their daughters' gobrs. With the king the huntsmen are to be from Christmas until they shall go to hunt hinds in the spring. From the time they go to hunt on May-day until the end of the ninth day of May, the chief huntsman gives no answer to any one who shall sue him, unless he be overtaken on the calends of May before putting on the boot of his right foot. He has a horse always in attendance from the king, and two shares of the provender for it. When the chief huntsman shall swear, let him swear by his dogs and his horns and his leashes. He has four legal pence from every huntsman with a greyhound, and eight legal pence from every huntsman with a covert hound. If the chief huntsman goes to foray with the king's household or with his host, let him sound his horn when it shall be right for him, and let him choose a steer out of the spoil. As he receives the skin of an ox