 William Lucar of " Wythecomb " , the brother of Elizabeth Lucar , was forester temp. under Henry VI , between 1422 and 1461 . William de Botreaux , 3rd Baron Botreaux was appointed in 1435 warden of the forests of Exmoor and Neroche for life by Richard Duke of York . The Botreaux family had long held the manor of Molland at the southern edge of Exmoor , but were probably resident mainly at North Cadbury in Somerset . On 10 May 1461 William Bourchier , 9th Baron FitzWarin ( 1407 @-@ 1470 ) , feudal baron of Bampton was appointed by King Edward IV as Master Forester of the Forests of Exmoor and Neroche for life . Sir John Poyntz of Iron Acton , Gloucestershire , was warden or chief forester of Exmoor in 1568 when he brought an action in the Court of Exchequer against Henry Rolle ( of Heanton Satchville , Petrockstowe ) , the powerful lord of the manors of Exton , Hawkridge and Withypool . 
