A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



The same (ipsa) church holds in CESTRE- 

 TONE [Chesterton l ] I J hides. There is land 

 for 4 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 3 

 serfs ; and (there are) 5 villeins and 9 bordars 

 with 2 ploughs. There are 10 acres of mea- 

 dow. T.R.E. it was worth 40 shillings, and 

 afterwards 2O shillings ; now 50 shillings. 



The same (ipsa) church holds WASMERTONE 

 [Wasperton 3 ]. There are 5 hides. There 

 is land for 1 1 ploughs. In the demesne is I, 

 and 2 serfs ; and (there are) 18 villeins and i 

 bordar with 7 ploughs. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 20 shillings and 4 loads of salt and 

 loooeels. There are 30 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) half a league long and 2 furlongs 

 broad. T.R.E. it was worth 4 pounds, and 

 afterwards 50 shillings ; now 70 shillings. 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 

 The same (ipsa) church holds NEWEHAM 

 [PNewnham in Aston Cantlow 3 ]. There are 

 5 hides. There island for 14 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 2, and 4 serfs ; and (there are) I 5 

 villeins and 5 bordars with 8 ploughs. It 

 was and is worth 6 pounds. 



IN HONESBERIE HUNDRET 



The same (ipsa) church holds in RADWEI 

 [Radway] 3 hides ; and Ermenfrith (holds 

 them) of the abbot. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. In the demesne is i, and 4 serfs; 

 and 13 villeins and 6 bordars have 5j ploughs. 

 There are 1 6 acres of meadow. It was worth 

 2O shillings ; now 50 shillings. 



VII. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 



OF ABINGDON 1 



IN MERETONE [MARTON] HUNDRET 



The abbey of Abingdon 4 (Abendone) holds 



in HILLE [Hill B ] 2 hides which the abb(ot) 



bought (emit) of the fee of Turchill ; and 



Warin holds (it) of the abbot. There is land 



1 Chesterton is shown by a subsequent entry to 

 have been in ' Tremelau ' Hundred. 



3 Wasperton is afterward found in Kineton 

 Hundred, and may well have been in the Domes- 

 day Hundred of ' Tremelau.' 



3 Apparently this identification must be correct, 

 for ' Fernecumbe ' Hundred was swallowed up by 

 Barlichway Hundred, and this is the only Newn- 

 ham in Barlichway Hundred. Its subsequent his- 

 tory is that of an obscure hamlet in Aston Cant- 

 low, whereas it appears here as an important place, 

 equal in assessment and value to Aston. 



* Abingdon in Berkshire. 



* Near Leamington Hastings. For particulars 

 of this grant see Historta Monasterii de Abingdon 

 (Rolls Series), ii. 8, 284, and Introduction, p. 176, 

 above. 



for 3 ploughs. In the demesne there are now 

 2 ploughs ; and 5 villeins with 7 bordars 

 have I plough. There are 12 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 30 shillings ; now 

 40 shillings. 



VIII. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 



OF BURTON 



IN COLESHELLE [CoLESHILL] HUNDRET 



The abbey of BURTON 6 (Bertone) holds 

 in ALDULVESTREU [Austrey] 2j hides. There 

 is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne is i, 

 and (there are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars with 

 2 ploughs. T.R.E. it was worth 40 shillings, 

 and afterwards 10 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 

 Earl Leofric (Leuric) gave this land to the same 

 church. 



IX. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 



OF MALMESBURY 



The abbey of Malmesbury (Malmnbtrit) 



holds in NIWEBOLD [Newbold (Comyn 7 )] 3 

 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. There 

 are now in the demesne 2 ploughs and 4 serfs ; 

 and 8 villeins with 3 bordars have 3 ploughs. 

 There is a mill worth (de) 8 shillings, and 16 

 acres of meadow. It was worth 30 shillings ; 

 now 50 shillings. Ulwin a monk held it, 

 and himself gave it to the church when he 

 became a monk. 



X. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 



OF WINCHCOMBE 8 



The abbey of Winchcombe (IVincehumbe} 

 holds 6 hides in ALNE [Great Alne 9 ]. 

 There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne 

 is I plough, and 3 serfs ; and 1 1 villeins with 

 4 bordars have 5 ploughs. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 5 shillings. (There is) wood(land) 

 half a league long and 4 furlongs broad. It was 

 worth 3 pounds ; now 4 pounds. 



XI. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 



OF EVESHAM 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 



The abbey of Evesham holds in WITE- 

 LAVESFORD [Wixford] 5 hides. There is 



8 Burton-on-Trent. 



7 The seat of the Willes family close to Leam- 

 ington. The identification is clear from the sub- 

 sequent history of the place. Being afterward in 

 Stoneleigh leet, it was doubtless in the Domesday 

 Hundred of ' Stanlei .' 



8 Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. 



* Doubtless in ' Fernecumbe ' Hundred, being 

 afterward in Barlichway Hundred, but not in 

 Pathlow liberty. 



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