Types of Cause: Tithes – gorse
Gorse had a number of uses, including the construction of temporary winter shelters for young cattle (Robert Holland (ed), A Glossary of Words used in the County of Chester (1885)). It was also known as ‘furze’ and was bound into faggots.
Pasture, gorse, oats, peas, hay
EDC 5/10/1 – William Aldersey contra Thomas Wright and Richard Broster