A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



Wood(land) half a league long and 3 furlongs 

 broad. 



In CHINEWRDE [Kenilworth] l Richard 

 the forester a holds 3 virgates of land of the 

 king. There are 10 villeins and 7 bordars 

 with 3 ploughs. Wood(land) half a league long 

 and 4 furlongs broad. These two members 

 belong to (jac* ad) STANLEI [Stoneleigh], a 

 manor of the king. 



to. 238b 



II. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP OF 

 CHESTER 



IN HONESBERIE HuNDRET 



The Bishop of Chester holds of the King 

 3 hides in FERNEBERGE [Farnborough]. Stori 

 held them T.R.E., and was a free man. 

 There is land for 14 ploughs. One is in the 

 demesne, and 2 serfs. And (there are) 1 8 

 villeins and I bordar with 9 ploughs. There 

 are 60 acres of meadow. T.R.E. it was 

 worth 100 shillings; when (the bishop) received 

 it 60 shillings ; now IOO shillings. 



IN COLESHELLE [CoLESHILL] HuNDRET 



The same bishop holds in CALDECOTE 

 [Caldecote juxta Weddington] ' 2 hides. 

 There is land for 6 ploughs. One is in the 

 demesne, and 2 serfs. And 7 villeins with a 

 priest have 5 ploughs. There (is) a mill worth 

 (de) 2 shillings, and 12 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) 3 leagues long and the same 

 in breadth. T.R.E. it was worth 40 shillings, 

 and afterwards and now, 60 shillings. Tonna 

 held this land, but could not betake himself 4 

 (ire) where he would with his land. 



IN TREMELAU HUNDRET 

 The same bishop holds 7 hides in TASCHE- 

 BROC [Bishop's Tachbrook]. 8 There is land 

 for 1 2 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ploughs 

 and 9 serfs. And 1 1 villeins with a priest 

 and 7 bordars have 9 ploughs. There (are) 2 

 mills worth (de) 12 shillings and 8 pence, and 

 12 acres of meadow. T.R.E. it was worth 

 3 pounds, now 7 pounds, and the same when 

 (the bishop) received it. This land belongs 

 to (est de) the church of S. Chad. 6 



1 This identification seems clear. Kenilworth 

 subsequently appears in the leet of Stoneleigh. 



* See Introduction, p. 281. 



* In Hemlingford Hundred, which represents the 

 Domesday Hundred of Coleshill. 



4 i.e. choose a lord. 



The modern Bishop's Tachbrook includes the 

 hamlet of Tachbrook Mallory, which is distinguished 

 from it in Domesday Book. 



S. Cedde,' i.e. Lichfield. 



III. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF WORCESTER 7 



IN PATELAU [PATHLOW] HUNDRET 

 The bishop of Worcester holds HANTONE 

 [Hampton Lucy]. 8 There are 12 hides. 

 There is land for 22 ploughs. Two are in 

 the demesne, and 4 serfs. And there are 

 22 villeins and 9 bordars with a priest who 

 have 24 ploughs. There (is) a mill worth (de) 

 6 shillings and 8 pence, and 15 furlongs of 

 meadow in length and i furlong in breadth. 

 In Warwic(k) 3 houses worth 16 pence (are 

 appurtenant to this place). Wood(land) i 

 league long and another broad. T.R.E. it 

 was worth 4 pounds, and afterwards the same ; 

 now it is worth 20 pounds. 



The same bishop holds and held STRAD- 

 FORDE [Stratford on Avon].* There are 

 14^ hides. There is land for 31 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 3 ploughs ; and 21 villeins 

 with a priest and 7 bordars have 28 ploughs. 

 There is a mill worth (de) 10 shillings and a 

 thousand eels, and meadow 5 furlongs long 

 and 2 furlongs broad. T.R.E. and afterwards 

 it was worth IOO shillings ; now 25 pounds. 



The same bishop holds ALVESTONE [Alves- 

 ton]. 9 There are 15 hides. There is land 

 for 24 ploughs. In the demesne are two ; 

 and (there are) 28 villeins and 15 bordars and 

 i bondwoman ; these have 22 ploughs. 

 There are 3 mills worth (de) 40 shillings and 

 1 2 sticks (stick?) of eels and a thousand (eels). 

 In Warwic(k) 4 houses worth 16 pence (belong 

 to this manor). Meadow 6 furlongs long and 

 I furlong broad. T.R.E. and afterwards it 

 was worth 8 pounds ; now 15 pounds. 



Bricstuin T.R.E. held in ALVESTON [Alves- 

 ton] 7^ hides. Of this land Archbishop 

 Eldred had soc and sac and tol and teim and 

 churchscot (cerset) and all other forfeitures ex- 

 cept (pneter) those four which the king has 

 throughout hisi whole kingdom. This his 10 

 sons Lewin, Edmar, and four others testify, 

 but they do not know from whom he held 



' Wirecestre.' 



s Dugdale says this, which was known as Bishop's 

 Hampton, was called, of later time, ' Hampton-on- 

 Avon.' 



8 Stratford, and Alveston, and Loxley are now all 

 in Barlichway Hundred, which includes the Domes- 

 day Hundred of ' Patelau,' but it is uncertain 

 whether they were in the latter Hundred. 



[The Registrant Prioratus . . . Wtgirnlentis (ed. 

 Camden Soc.) distinctly states (p. Sob) of Alves- 

 ton : ' Haec villa est de libcrtate hundred! Domini 

 Episcopi de Pathelowa.' J.H.R.] 



10 i.e. Bricstuin's. 





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