A small group of men left Mellester Hall and proceeded down the carriageway, through the village, and onto the fields once owned by Odo Read.

Two of Sir Hyde Fortescue's men-at-arms followed Stewards Baldric and Alard, who were in deep conversation, and trailed a step behind Reeve Merick. Eventually they walked to where the falls began, and Merick explained where he thought the mill should be built by placing some sticks in the earth to show the actual location.

As Baldric was ...