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I learned, via a short stroll from the history of warrens, about pannage, the practice of releasing domestic pigs into a forest.

Pannage duty from the swine, 10s.

Pannage, pan′āj, n. food picked up by swine in the woods, mast; also the right to this.

In 1213 King John granted the manor to the men of the town at a fee-farm of �120 yearly, and confirmation charters were granted by several succeeding kings, Richard II. in 1391-1392 adding exemption from toll, pannage, &c.

The right of feeding hogs in woods, called pannage, formed, some centuries ago, one of the most valuable kinds of property.