I suppose it depends on how far back you want to delve,,, if your talking Middle Ages ,, 500 to 1000 years,,, then feck knows what might be in them,,, Deffo not whippet,, deerhound perhaps ,, I suppose it would have been any cur type the breeder could get hold of,, mated to a sight hound ,,, but I suppose like today maybe they were just bitsa types rather than half crosses,,,
What is that medivel type that's on the old tapastrys,,, was it called a griffon ?,, maybe they were in the mix or is it briards,,
In more modern times,, then I think much the same as now,, but with a few less br