 | James Jennings (of Huntspill.) - 1828 - 528 pages
...Fawcons, Goshawks, Lancrs, or Swannes, out of the neste," rendered the offender liable " to be imprisoned for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will:" and that the Duke of Sf. Alhan's is still hereditary grand Falconer of England : but the office is... | |
 | James Jennings - 1828 - 526 pages
...Fawcons, Goshawks, Laners, or Swannes, out of the neste," rendered the oft'endei liable " to be imprisoned for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will :" and that the Duke of St. Alhan's is still hereditary grand Falconer of England : but the office... | |
 | Young lady - 1829 - 542 pages
...felony to steal them ; and a person who took a Hawk's eggs, even on his own land, was punishable by imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's pleasure. The Duke of St. Alban's, who is hereditary Grand Falconer of England, has, in a slight degree,... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...well as their pride, seem to take the alarm, and when in danger, the old birds carry off the young ones on their back. A female has been known to attack...their flesh; but numbers are still preserved for their beauty. Many may be seen on the Thames, where they are esteemed royal property, and it is accounted... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...pride seem to take the alarm, and when in danger, the old birds carry off the young ones on their hack. A female has been known to attack and drown a fox,...flesh ; but numbers are still preserved for their beauty. Many may be seen on the Thames, where they are esteemed royal property, and it is accounted... | |
 | 1834 - 700 pages
...son of the king, was permitted to keep a swan, unless possessed of a freehold to the value of fivt marks a year. By a subsequent act, the punishment...flesh ; but numbers are still preserved for their beauty. Many may be seen on the Thames, where they are esteemed royal property, and it is accounted... | |
 | 1835 - 246 pages
...to keep any, other than the son of our sovereign lord, the king :' and by the eleventh of Henry VII, the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment...for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will. In these times, swans were served up at every great feast, when the elegance of the table was measured... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1836 - 322 pages
...made felony to steal a hawk; and taking its eggs, even in a person's own grounds, was punished with imprisonment for a year and a day and a fine at the king's pleasure. The expense which attended hawking was so great, that this kind of sport was confined to... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1837 - 656 pages
...keep any, other than the son of our sovereign lord the king." And, by the llth of Henry VII. cap. 17-, the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment...a year and a day, and a fine, at the king's will. Though at present they are not so much valued as an article of food, they are still preserved, for... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 782 pages
...keep any, other than the son of our sovereign lord the king." And, by the llth of Henry VII. cap. 17., the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment...a year and a day, and a fine, at the king's will. Though at present they are not so much valued as an article of food, they are still preserved, for... | |
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Swans were formerly held in such great esteem in England, that, by an act of Edward the Fourth, none, except the son of the king, was permitted to keep a Swan, unless possessed of a freehold to the value of five marks a year. 
