| Description | i) Edward, Lord Dudley and Ward
ii) Mary Wilkes of Himley Hall, Staffs., Spinster
Cottage, premises and land at Gornal Wood in Sedgley. Mines and woods excepted.
Rent: 3s; upkeep; and maintenance of a hound, spaniel or whelp and cock [bird]
Signed, sealed and witnessed.
Endorsed: '5/3'
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). |