this forge was active during the reign of henry viii, when it was making "gunstones of iron". his majesty was in arrears with payments for munitions supplied, leading to financial trouble for the ironmaster in 1530. robert scorer was the lessee in 1513, when it was owned by william warner, the forge was sold to william saunders in 1547. in 1574 the forge was owned by lord buckhurst and worked by george bullen. in 1595, the crown gunfounder, thomas johnson was involved in a dispute here. at the time the forge was owned by william garway, and is last recorded in the ownership of john garway in 1600. the dam is recorded as long and up to high, although there is some evidence that it could have been as much as long.