MR. T. SOUTHWELL OX FELTWELL DECOY. 
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Sallows Willows and Quicksetts” and the following severe clause 
indicates the importance attached to the due preservation of the 
decoy wood, which possibly owing to the wet nature of the land, 
it might have been difficult to maintain, and which was absolutely 
essential to the privacy of the decoy — “ Also the Said Martin Jarvis 
his Exors. or Adtors. are not to Suffer any Sort of Cattle whatsoever 
to get Amongst the Wood about the Decoy upon penalty of 
ffbrfeit.ing the Lease Immediately AND also to pay for every Tree 
damaged the Further Sum of five pounds.” 
A small paper book marked “The Decoy Book,” contains the 
catch of fowl from 1747 to 1758, with various notes, the most 
important of which are as follows : — 
“An Account of Ducks Killed in ye Year 1747 by Will Harrison.” 
127 Dozen 11 Birds [1535] amounts to att 11/- p dozen €70 7 0 
The half between Mr. Clough A me [see arrangement 
in Lease] ... ... ... ... ... 35 3 9 
Reed, my share ... 17 11 10 
This book was evidently kept by Mr. Nelthorp ; the produce of 
the decoy does not seem to have been great at this time compared 
with what we have been told of the large number of fowl said to 
have been killed at the neighbouring decoy at Lakenheath ; but it 
is possible the large number of decoys within a short distance of 
each other may, in some measure, account for this. The other 
entries in the book are shortly as follows. I cannot, however, 
always make his calculations correct : 
1748— 201 doz. 
1749 — 825 „ 
1750— 196 „ 
1751— 144 „ 
1752— 330 „ 
1753— 135 
& 2 
& 6 
81 
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10 
(2412 birds) @ 10/0 per doz. = £105 10 6 
(3900 „ ) „ 11/- 
(2354 „ ) „ 11/- 
(1734 „ ) „ 11/- 
(3960 „ ) „ 11 - 
(1620 „ ) „ 12 - 
179 
107 
79 
181 
83 
69 
1 
17 
9 
14 
7 doz. & 10 “odd Birds” ( 94 „ ; „ <- 
1754— 115 doz. &9 „ (1389 „ ) „ 12 '- „ 69 9 3 
1755 No account (see further on 1758) 
1756 Received on account £9 2'- leaving 15 3 due “ Memorandum 
Thirty Pounds of this Years Profits is in danger of being 
lost.” 
May 8. 1758 Reed, the Profits of the 3-ears 1755 & 1756 Clear of 
Bills £10 12 6. 
“ For the year 1757 & 1758 Kill’d 205 doz which amounts to 
£112 12 of which sum we have reed. £55 and there Remains 
due on the Bond the sum of £57. 
