Until the 1918 Sale, rental payments were made to the Lord of the Manor. In many cases the cottages were the subject of subletting, whereby a farmer would pay the annual rent on a property in order to accommodate one of his workforce, who would be charged a monthly rent by that farmer (or adjustment in wages as appropriate).
The typical rental revenues were detailed in the Auction Sale Documents, as summarised below
One additional payment made to the Lord on the Manor by some (but not all) parishes in the Knightlow Hundred was the payment of Wroth Silver. This became both a tradition and a ritual payment rather than having any significant financial substance. As far as records show, it does not appear either Church Lawford or Kings Newnham made the payment of Wroth Silver, although a local by the name of William Whiteman achieved some status as an overseer of these payments.
