Stages of Pell Work

Pell work is significant throughout medieval sword fighting with frequent reference:

Of fight the disciplyne and exercise,
Was this. To have a pale or pile upright
Of mannys light, thus writeth old and wise,
Therewith a bacheler, or a yong knyght,
Shal first be taught to stonde and lerne to fight
And fanne of double wight tak him his shelde'
Of double wight a mace of tre to welde.

This fanne and mace whiche either double wight
Of shelde, and swayed in conflicte, or bataile,
Shal exercise as well swordmen, as knyghtes,
And noe man, as they sayn, is seyn prevaile,
In field, or in castell, though he assayle,
That with the pile, nethe first grete exercise,
thus writeth werrouris olde and wyse.

Have eche his pile or pale upfixed fast
And as it were uppon his mortal foe:
With mightyness and weapon most be cast
To fight stronge, that he ne skape him fro.
On hym with shelde, and sword avised so,
That thou be cloos, and Preste thy foe to smyte,
Lest of thyne own dethe thou be wite.

Empeche his head, his face, have at his gorge,
Beare at the brest, or sperne him on the side,
With myghte knyghtly poost ene as Seynt George,
lepe o thy foe, look if he dare abide;
Will he not flee? Wounde him, make his wounds wide,
Hew of his honde, his legge, his theys, his armys,
Is this the Turk, though he be sleyn, noon harm is.

Cotton library: Titus A, xxiii fol 6 and 7 (early 15th century.)

To this end I have begun using my own pell (simply made from treated pine post, i'll blog it shortly). While reference to why a pell is useful less content is available for exactly what work should be conducted on the pell.