Chapter VII

=1399= May 15th. =Deed of covenant= (Lat) given at Lancaster Castle and made between John Gaunte duke of Lancaster fourth son of King Edward the third and Edward Mundy of Marton in the county of Derby knight; whereby, after reciting a visit of John Gaunte to Highe Frith in the parish of Alstonefield in the county of Stafford, on the 10th May 1399, for the purpose of hawking; the said John Gaunt (_sic_) gave and delivered to the said Edward Mundy, a piece of land, to which the said John Gaunt gave the name of Hawkesyerd otherwise Hawksearth. The boundaries of the land are given in detail and also the names of some of the fields and the adjoining farms and grouse moors. =Witnesses=: William Stanley gent, John Porter gent, James Lewis gent, Wi'm Stanley gent, Thos Mundy gent, John Thornicroft attorney. =Vellum=: one skin 15 A-- 8A1/2, round seal of green wax, 3A1/2 inches diameter and an inch thick. See appendix and photographic reproductions.