Pet

Pets are animals kept even if they do no useful work or provide food. They were kept by all levels of society with obviously more expensive pets being available to the wealthy.

Some animals mentioned as being kept as pets include:

• cats
• dogs
• jackdaws
• jays
• larks
• magpies
• monkeys
• nightingales
• parrots
• rabbits
• squirrels
• swans