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HART ROYAL. Antiently, in the days of forest law, when the king lost a stag, proclamation was made that no person should chase or kill him, and which on his return was styled a hart royal proclaimed. A Dorsetshire baron having destroyed a white hart under these circumstances in the reign of Henry III. a heavy fine was laid on hia lands, which was paid into the exchequer as lately as the reign of Elizabeth, under the denomination of White Hart Silver.
Harewood, Harry. A Dictionary of Sports. London: T. Tegg and son, 1835._
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