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while his brother Henry, through his energy and loyalty, 

 was advanced to the earldom of Warwick (de Guarewico) 

 and received as his bride the fair Margaret, daughter of 

 Earl Geoffrey Morton. The fame of her piety and virtue 

 spread far and wide, and she is spoken of as amongst the 

 chief ladies of the neighbouring provinces. 



" She bore her husband, Roger and Robert of Newburgh 

 (de Novo-burgo), whose renown was chiefly spread in the 

 reign of Henry through England and Normandy." 



You will see how materially this account differs from 



Rous.* There is nothing here about gates and trenches, 



nothing about aboeys and priors, and as if to shake our faith 



still farther, the Domesday record does not mention any of 



these names and places. The full account of Warwick in 



the general and invaluable survey of the Conqueror is not 



generally known, and I shall be pardoned for directing your 



attention to the extent of the borough at the end of the 



11th century, and the remains which have come down to 



to us from that period. 



In the time of King Edward, the " Vicecomitatus " of 

 Warwick, with the Borough and the Royal Manors, paid 

 £65 and 36 sextaries of honey, or £23 and 8 shillings, for 

 every thing which belonged to the honey [dues]. Now, 

 what with the farm of the Royal Manors and the county 

 pleas it pays per annum, it pays 145 pounds by weight and 

 23 pounds as the custom for the " dogs, " and 20 shillings 

 for the "carriage," and 10 pounds for the hawks, and 

 100 shillings to the Queen for her income. 



Besides this it pays 24 sextaries of honey by the fuller 

 measure. 



And from the Borough 6 sextaries of honey. 



Each Sextar, that is 15 pence. 



* Mr. James Parker writes: — "One point is worthy of observation: The King 

 gives the Castle of Warwick to Henry, sou of Eoger de Bello Monte, and Henry 

 is advanced to the Earldom of Warwick. After his marriage with Margaret, we 

 read she bore her husband Roger and Robert of Newburgh — [de Novo Burgo]. 

 Here we get the name first, and it appears to me very natural to suppose that they 

 received their title from the very fortress their father had erected. This is singular, 

 as it has been hitherto argued that Newbouig, in Noimaudy, belonging to the 

 Beaumontes, was the place of Henry's birth, and that he was hence called da 

 Newbourg." 



