258 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



(Undated) — continued. £ s. d. 



for a bager lied 6 



for 2 wehsels 4 



for a stoat 2 



July 17. paid to Thomas Nash for a hedghoge 4 



There appear to be no whole books of wardens'' accounts 

 extant, but many single leaves are now carefully mounted and 

 preserved. These entries for vermin appear to date from 1678 

 until about 1800. In them we can trace payments for 1 Badger, 

 3 Foxes, 13 Polecats, 1 Stoat, 9 Weasels, 11 Hedgehogs. In 

 addition the items for Moles are given. A large number of pay- 

 ments for Sparrows were made, but only for small numbers at a 

 time, the largest payment being for four dozen only, and 10s. l|d. 

 paid out in all — prices at a rate of 2d. per dozen, but varies in 

 one instance to Id. per dozen only. 



NORTHILL. 



1665. 



Item, payed unto William Throughegoode and William £ s. d. 

 Bavensden of Warden ffor ffoure ffoxes heades. And 

 for one Badgers Head sett upp in the Churchyard upon 

 Whitsunday, 1665 00 05 00 



Item, payed more unto the sayd William Throughgood 



ffor one other ffox heade sett upp in the Churchyard... 00 01 00 



Item, payed unto James Day of Warden for ffoure 



Hedgehogges Heades set upp in the Church Yard 00 00 08 



Item, payed unto the Huntsman of William Spenser 



Esquyer ffor one ffox Heade sett up in the Churchyard 00 01 00 



Item, payed unto Ellis Megoose of Hatch ffor ffoure 



hedgehogges Heades sett upp in the Churchyard 00 00 10 



Item, payed unto the Widowe Burgess of Hatch ffor 

 seaven Hedge hogges Heades killed in the parishe of 

 Northill 00 01 00 



Item, payed unto women of Sandey for one Otters 

 Heade killed in the parishe of Northill, and set up in 

 the Churchyard 00 00 02 



Item, payed to John Spencer of Ickwell for six hedges 



heades 00 01 00 



Several other similar additional entries for Hedgehogs, at a 



rate of 2d. each, occur in the above year. In a summary for 



that year the following entry occurs : — 



£ s. d. 

 The Vermine : ffoxes: Badggers. Hedgehogges 00 14 02 



1681. 

 Item paid to Will Saffron for foure polecatts 00 00 08 



The Churchwardens' Accounts date back to 1563, but no 

 vermin are mentioned until 1665, and then follow similar entries 



