| Description | i) Edward, Lord Dudley and Ward
ii) Humfry [Humphrey] of Sedgley, Staffs., Yeoman Cooper
Cottage, garden and land in Gournall [Gornal] Wood in Sedgley. Woods and mines excepted.
Rent: 10s; maintenance of a hound, spaniel or whelp and cock [bird]
Signed, sealed and witnessed [lease only].
Endorsed: '2/4', '183' and '15'
Note: the keeping of the cock bird was possibly for the blood sport of cock fighting (the practice was made illegal in England in 1835). |