Section VII Principal Gaveller of Dean Forest may distrain for Gale Rents or Gawle Rents, due to His Majesty.C1

It shall and may be lawful for the person who now does or who shall be appointed to and hold the Office of Gaveller or Keeper of the Gawle, calledThe Gawle above the Wood, within the Forest ofDean, in the County ofGloucester, and the Office of Keeper of theGawle under the Wood, within the said Forest for the time being, from and after the passing of this Act, to recover and levy any sum or sums of money . . . F1 which shall hereafter become due and payable . . . , from any person or persons, for and in respect of the annual compositions usually calledGale Rents orGawle Rents, payable within the said Forest, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person or persons from whom such compositions are or shall be due and owing, wheresoever the same shall be found, together with the costs and charges of such distress and sale, as in the nature of a distress for rent; . . .