Entries for the tag ‘Forest of Galtres’
📌 Royal Norman hunting forest, north of York and extending to its walls, and with as main settlement Easingwold. 
- 15 November 1444: A survey of the boundaries of York
- 14 March 1573: Archbishop Grindal intercedes on behalf of the commoners of Sutton-on-the-Forest (north of York) against enclosure of part of the royal Forest of Galtres
- 2 July 1644: Henry Slingsby of the Royalist York garrison recounts Prince Rupert’s defeat at Marston Moor today, which ends Charles I’s hopes in the north
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