| Description | i) Edward, Lord Dudley and Ward
ii) John Hale the younger of Gournall [Gournal] Wood, Sedgley, Staffs., Huntsman and Servant to i)
Cottage, premises and lands in Gornal Wood in Sedgley. Timber excepted.
Rent: 2s 6d; upkeep; and maintenance of a hound, spaniel or whelp and cock [bird]
Signed, sealed and witnessed.
Endorsed: 'Box 4/3'
Note: the keeping of the cockbird was possibly for the blood sport of cock fighting (the practice was made illegal in England in 1835) |