=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.