BULL-Running, denotes a feudal custom obtaining in the honour of Tutbury in Staffordshire; where, anciently, on the day of the assumption of our Lady, a bull is turned loose by the lord to the minstrels; who, if they can catch him before he passes the river Dove, are to have him for their own, or, in lieu thereof, to receive each 40 pence; in consideration of which custom they pay 20 pence yearly to the said lord.
BULL and BOAR. By the custom of some places, the parson is obliged to keep a bull and boar for the use
Bull. of his parishioners, in consideration of his having tithes of calves and pigs, &c.