When they stalked England

After the Norman Conquest men would be granted land by the king if they hunted down all the wolves that lived on it

The 11th-century monk Galfrid wrote that there were so many wolves in Northumbria that it was almost impossible for shepherds to protect their flock

January was known as ‘wolf month’ because it was the start of the wolf-hunting season for the nobility, which ended on March 25