Sentence:  ...at Shenington for example, the churchwardens paid 4d for each <WSD>Hickwall</WSD> (green woodpecker) killed, but there is no record of any payment for weasels, which were worth 3d at Bodicote. One would like to know if <WSD>Hickwalls</WSD> were rare at Bodicote and weasels at Shenington, or if in fact they were not considered to be vermin in these parishes. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The European green woodpecker, "Picus viridis".