¶ Articles to be performed by virtue of our Commission of Sale annexed, touching Forrests, parks, and chaces.  
INPRIMIS, that you haue a special regard, that in the Sale, no three be taken in forest, Chase or park, which carrieth not some apparent mark of decay, nor any three which you find marked by our Officers of our navy.  
Item that of decaying Trees, there be not sold in any forest, park or Chase, above two of the hundreth respecting the whole number of Trees surveyed, or to be surveyed, nor any three to be cut, other then in places assented unto, by such as wee haue appoynted to take care for the beauty of the forest, park or Chase, and food for our Deere, nor any three to bee cut or carried in fence time, to the disturbing of our Game, and that you may sell such two of the hundreth in places so assented to.  
Item for mere Dottards, and Trees so decayed, that they bear no vert, serviceable for browse for our Deere, to sell of them what the country will vent, and at valuable rates, and the smallest of them to leave for the Keepers fuel, as shall be hereafter assigned for him to haue by future Warrant, And you must also provide and foresee, that all sorts of Trees which shall be cut this season in any of our Forrests, parks, and chaces, bee cut and carried thence before All Saints-tide next, or else the Buyer to loose the said Trees then left vncaried.  
Item whereas by our Commission hereunto annexed wee haue appointed the chief Officer of our Forrests, parks and chaces to be of the Quorum, with you A. B. whom wee haue especially authorised for this service: You shall hereby understand that wee do not determine to tie him or them personally to attend the execution of all things incident to this sale, but onely to assign what number of Trees shall be taken, and in what places they may bee spared without any blemish to the beauty of our aforesaid parks, Forrests, and chaces, wherein wee do command you A. B. to conform yourself, because in that particular we do repose principal confidence in his iudgement and discretion.   

¶ Instructions to be observed for Sales in our manors, Granges, farms and Tenements.  
ITEM as we haue prescribed you to sell in our Forrests, parks, and chaces, of Trees that bear vert, onely such as are decaying, and that not above two in the hundred: so although we mean not to limit you so particular a proportion for sales in our manors, Granges, farms and Tenements; yet we would haue you know that it is our pleasure, wheresoever you sell any Trees thereupon, that you haue a principal care, to forbear the felling of any Trees, or faire Tufts so near the Scite or mansion house( if there be any of any note) as may disgrace the habitation, and likewise to give warning to our particular Woodwards there, that notwithstanding any warrants which may come unto them, or haue come, for falling, or selling wood hereafter, that they also haue the same respect, And further, that you bee very careful to leave in other places vpon the premises sufficient timber and wood growing, for the continual maintenance and reparations of the premises, and use of his majesties Tenants from time to time. All which directions first carefully observed, you may then sell such and so many Trees, timber and other vpon our said manors, Granges, farms and Tenements, as shall be thought fit by you A. B. our particular surveyor, one of the next Iustices of the Peace, the surveyor of the county of our Lands where such sales shall be made, or any two of you, whereof you A. B. to be always one.  
Item for timber and other wood, growing vpon Copiholds of Inheritance, that you make no sale thereof, except the Copiholders themselves do seek it at your hand, whereby they may be more sure to haue the same vpon all necessary occasions at their own voluntary disposition.  
Item whereas you A. B. are now particularly chosen and trusted in this inployment, for performance whereof wee haue appointed you sufficient reward out of our own Treasure; wee do hereby straitly charge and command you, to forbear to exact any fees from our Subiects, or to put them to any other payment, then such as shall appear to bee solely due to us for the woods whereof you make sale, And that before you make any sale, you fail not publicly to proclaim your sale in the next market town, that men may know there is such a purpose in hand.  
Item, that before you do make any general Sale in gross, of any great quantity of Trees to any particular person, you do first make offer of such quantity to our Tenants dwelling vpon the premises, and next to such other our loving Subiects thereabouts, as may be necessary for them, in case they shall without delay resort unto you, and be willing to pay according to the rate you might sell otherwise. And their necessities served, or they refusing to buy at the said rates without delay, then you may sell to other in gross such quantities as you shall find may most conveniently be spared, and for such prices as shall be for our best profit. And herein wee trust you will carry yourself so, as may be most for our good, and the general relief of our Subiects that lack timber, and not for your own particular interest.   

¶ For increase of timber and fire wood in Forrests, parks, chaces, manors, and Tenancies to future ages.  
TO renew our ancient copices in places fit.  
To replant new Copices, where the soil will naturally breed wood, where it may bee conveniently done without impediment to our Game, or disgrace of our Forrests, parks or chaces.   

¶ For wastes and spoils in what place or places soever.  
WHere wastes haue been committed, to inform yourselves thereof by all ways and means, to learn when, and by whom, those wastes haue been committed, as also to whom any Timber trees, or any other Trees, or fire wood, haue been sold, given, taken, or delivered, by whom, when, where, and by what warrant, and what was answered for the same, and what was the value thereof, to the onely end, the seller of the same may answer the value thereof.  
The Commissions for sale in all the Articles of these Instructions to bee directed to the particular surveyor, the surveyor of the county for manors, the surveyor general of the Woods, the next Iustice of the Peace, who, nor none of his Ancestors, nor any whose estate he hath, hath had any of the Kings woods there, in Lease, or any office concerning the Kings woods since primo Elizabeth, or any two of them, whereof A. B. to be always one.  
The like Articles also in all points, and to all intents to bee performed by the now Commissioners for sales of wood, in our Forrests, parks, chaces, manors, Granges, farms, and Tenements, within our duchy of Lancaster, and thereunto in any place belonging.   

¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent majesty. ANNO DOM. 1609.