THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



IN BOMELAU HUNDRET 



The same earl held SMITHAM [Smite]. 1 

 Harding held it T.R.E. and was a free man. 

 There are 6 hides. There is land for 25 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ploughs ; 

 and (there are) 22 villeins and 23 bordars with 

 12 ploughs. There are 2 free men. (There 

 is) wood (land) half a league long and as much 

 in breadth ; and there are 50 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth 40 shillings ; now 6 pounds. 



The same earl held in BRANCOTE [Bram- 

 cote] 2 i hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 Salo held it, and was a free man. There is 



1 villein. It was worth 5 shillings. 



The same earl held in WAURE [? Church 

 Over] * 2$ hides. There is land for 3 



1 Upper and Lower Smite were two villages 

 almost forgotten in Dugdale's time, and forming 

 part of the parish now known as Combe Fields. 



On Morden's map of Warwickshire (cir. 1695) 

 a Snite Super and a Snite Infer are shown. On 

 the Ordnance Survey maps (cir. 1831) a ' Smeeton 

 Lane or Smiteton Lane ' is shown between Brink- 

 low and Stretton under Fosse ; on the more re- 

 cent maps this is not shown, but a Smite Brook is 

 noted. B.W. 



8 I have little doubt of this identification, for 

 Salo was the Domesday tenant of the neighbouring 

 Bulkington under the Count of Meulan. This 

 Bramcote probably belonged to ' Bomelau Hun- 

 dred.' 



3 There are three 'Overs' in Warwickshire, 

 Churchover, Brownsover and Cesters Over ; the last 

 being now only a farm in Monks Kirby. These are 

 represented in Domesday by the following : (i) 

 Waure (in), i\ hides, held by Geoffrey de Wirce 

 for the king as "above ; (2) Waura (in), half a hide 

 held by Turchil ; (3) Wara (in), 7 hides held by 

 Robert de Stafford in demesne ; (4) Gaura (in), 



2 hides held by Geoffrey de Wirce and under him 

 by Bruno ; (5) Wara (in), 5 hides held by Geof- 

 frey de Wirce and under him by Robert (?de 

 Statfbrd). Of these, 4 is obviously Brownsover, 

 named from the under-tenant Bruno. Neglecting 

 Dugdale's identifications, which seem little more 

 than guesses, and taking no notice of Turchil's estate, 

 I suggest that I, 2 and 3, making up a 10- 

 hide place, were Churchover excluding Cesters 

 Over, and that 5, being a j-hide place, was 

 Cesters Over, which may have been considered as a 

 separate place or as a part of Churchover. Judg- 

 ing by the present acreage of Churchover (1,640 

 acres) and Brownsover (912 acres), the assessments 

 of 15 and 5 hides seem severe. (3) is rubricated 

 as in ' Bomelau ' Hundred : it therefore in my 

 opinion follows that this ' Waure ' of Earl Aubrey 

 is in that Hundred. 



[In addition to the above five entries we have 

 (6) Wanre, (in), I hide, held of William Fitz An- 

 sculf by William Fitz Mauger, which is entered 

 under Northants (see p. 344). J.H.R.] 



ploughs. Alric held it, and he with his land 

 was free. There are i villein and 2 bordars. 

 It was worth 5 shillings ; now 4 pence more. 



IN HONESBERIE H0NDRET 



The same earl held in RODEWEI [Radway] 

 2 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. Hard- 

 ing held it, and he with it was free. There 

 are 4 villeins and i bordar with i plough. 

 There are 8 acres of meadow. It was and is 

 worth 2O shillings. 



These lands of Earl Aubrey are in the 

 king's hand. Geoffrey de Wirce has charge 

 of them (eas custod[it]). 



XV. THE LAND OF COUNTESS 

 GODEVA 



IN COLESHELLE [CoLESHILL] HuNDRET 



Countess Godeva held T.R.E. AILESPEDE 

 [Alspath].* There are 4 hides. There is 

 land for 8 ploughs. There are 8 villeins and 

 I bordar with 2| ploughs. The wood (land) 

 is (habei) \\ leagues long and i league broad. 

 T.R.E. it was worth 40 shillings, and after- 

 wards and now 30 shillings. 



The same (ifsa) countess held in ADER- 

 ESTONE [Atherstone juxta Merevale] 3 hides. 

 There is land for 5 ploughs. There arc 1 1 

 villeins and 2 bordars and i serf with 4 

 ploughs. There are 6 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) 2 leagues long and 2 leagues 

 broad. It was worth 40 shillings ; now 60 

 shillings. 



The same countess held in ARDRESHILLE 

 and HANSLEI [Hartshill and Ansley] 2 hides. 

 There is land for 7 ploughs. There are 13 

 villeins with 5 ploughs. There are 6 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 4 pounds ; now IOO 

 shillings. 



The same countess held CHINESBERIE 

 [Kingsbury], There are 6 hides. There is 

 land for 7 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 

 ploughs and i serf; and (there are) 33 villeins 

 and 3 bordars with 2 priests, having 16 

 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 9 shillings 

 and 4 pence, and 1 2 acres of meadow. Wood- 

 (land) i league long and as much in breadth. 

 T.R.E. it was worth 6 pounds, afterwards 7 

 pounds ; now 1 3 pounds of weighed money. 



IN BOMELAU HUNDRET 

 The same countess held ANESTIE and 

 FOCHESHELLE [Ansty and Foleshill]. There 



4 Now Meriden. (There is an Alspath Hall in 

 the parish of Meriden. B.W.) 



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