RIDER. A forest-ofiicer, who, having a large district to supervise, was mounted, in contradistinction to the ivalker. See Walker. He was sometimes called a " ridingforester," and it was his duty to lead the King in his hunting. Nelson's Laws of Game. Rider is also local. In the Siege of Carlaverock, we are told — " William de Ridre was there, who in a blue banner bore crescents of gold." He is elsewhere called Ryther, and he probably took his name from the place so called in Yorkshire. Rjder, Lord Harrowb}', claims fron that source, and bears the same arms with a slight addition. H.R. Le Ridere.

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