| Description | i) Edward, Lord Dudley
ii) Thomas Holt of Kingswinford, Staffs., Ground Collier
Cottage and premises in Pensnett Chase, Kingswinford. Timber and mines, etc., reserved.
Rent: £3; upkeep; and maintenance of a hound, spaniel or whelp 'and such Cock' [bird]
Signed, sealed [red wax with Dudley Crest] and witnessed.
Endorsed: '4/1'
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). |