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PROLEGOMENA 









1714. 



Martindale. ' For wild Cats by tho. 











Cookson, .... 



£0 



2 



0' 



1715. 



Martindale. 'To him [Mychall Tyson] 



for a wild Catt, 

 Barton. ' To Edw. Sisson for killing two 







1 



0' 





foxes and a wild catt, 







7 



8' 



1720. 



Martindale. 'the same [Michall Tyson] 



for a wild Catt, 

 Barton. ' To Josiah Smith for killing a 







1 



0' 





wild catt, .... 







1 



0' 



1721. 



Martindale. ' the same [Michall Tyson] 

 for two wild Catts, 







2 



0' 



1722. 



Martindale. ' a wild Catt killing, 







1 



0' 



1724. 



Barton. ' To Josiah Smith for killing a 











wild cat, .... 







1 



0' 



1725. 



Martindale. ' tow wilde Catts, . 







2 



0' 



1726. 



Martindale. ' 5 wild cats killing, 







5 



0' 



1727. 



Martindale. ' two wild katts killing, 







2 



0' 



1728. 



Martindale. ' One Wild Cat, 



00 



01 



00 ' 





Barton. ' One Wild Cat killing, . 



00 



01 



00' 



1729. 



Martindale. ' 2 wild cats, 







2 



0' 



1730. 



Martindale. ' 3 wild Cats, 







3 



0' 





Barton. ' One Wild Cat killing, . 







1 



0' 



1732. 



Martindale. ' 2 wild cates, 







2 



0' 



1733. 



Martindale. ' 2 wild Cats, 







2 



0' 



1736. 



Martindale. ' 2 wild cats, 







2 



0' 



1739. 



Martindale. ' 1 Wild cat, 







1 



0' 





Barton. ' George Mason for 1 wilde cat, 







1 



0' 



1754. 



' William Sisson for 1 wilde cat, . 

 Barton. ' for a wild Cat, 





 



1 

 1 



0' 

 0' 



1755. 



Barton. ' John Bewsher for wild Catt, . 







1 



0' 



Fox. 



It must be borne in mind, apropos of the last entry, that no 

 accounts are at present forthcoming for Martindale between 

 1742 and the present century. 



Some animals appear to be proof against any amount of per- 

 secution, and none more notably so than the Fox. Almost 

 every parish in Lakeland has at one time or another paid head- 



