A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



are 9 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 3, and 2 serfs ; and (there 

 are) 30 villeins and 6 bordars with 1 1 

 ploughs. T.R.E. and afterwards it was 

 worth 10 pounds; now 12 pounds. 



The same countess held COVENTREU [Coven- 

 try]. There are 5 hides. There is land for 

 20 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 ploughs 

 and 7 serfs ; and (there are) 50 villeins and 12 

 bordars with 20 ploughs. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 3 shillings. Wood(land) 2 leagues 

 long and as much in breadth. T.R.E. and 

 afterwards it was worth 12 pounds. Now 

 1 1 pounds of weighed money. 



These lands of Countess Godeva, Nicholas 

 farms (tenet ad firmani) from the king. 



XVI. THE LAND OF THE COUNT 

 OF MEULAN 



IN STANLEI [STONELEIGH] HUNDRET 

 The Count of Meulan (de Mellend] holds of 

 the king MUITONE [Myton]. 1 There are 2 

 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. Earl Algar 

 held it. In the demesne is I (plough) and 2 

 serfs ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 1 1 bordars 

 with 3 ploughs. There are 2 mills worth 

 (de) 70 shillings, and 12 acres of meadow. 

 T.R.E. it was worth 3 pounds, and after- 

 wards 40 shillings ; now 6 pounds. 



The same count holds in MALVERTONE 

 [Milverton] " 2 hides less I virgate. Lew in 

 held it and was a free man. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. In the demesne is I, and 2 

 serfs; and (there are) I villein and 5 bordars 

 with I plough. There is a mill worth (de) 50 

 shillings and 30 acres of meadow. It was 

 worth 40 shillings; now IOO shillings. 



The same count holds WIDECOTE [Wood- 

 cote]. 3 There is I hide. There is land for 



1 Myton is a suburb of Warwick, and, like 

 Warwick, is now in Kineton Hundred, whereas any 

 place in ' Stanlei ' Hundred would normally be 

 found afterward in Stoneleigh Leet and the Hundred 

 of Knightlow. The explanation seems to be that 

 Myton is absolutely on the boundary of the two 

 hundreds. There are two subsequent entries re- 

 lating to Myton ; one speaking of z hides, the 

 other of I hide. These, with the 2 hides of 

 this entry, make it a 5-hide place. 



* Milverton is found afterward in the Leet of 

 Stoneleigh, and was no doubt in the Domesday 

 Hundred of Stanlei.' 



Woodcote, now a small estate in Leek Wool- 

 ton, is subsequently to Domesday found to be 

 divided into Upper and Lower Woodcote. There 

 teems no ground for deciding whether the two 



2 ploughs. Cantuin and Turbern held it 

 and were free. There are 4 villeins and 5 

 bordars with I plough. T.R.E. it was worth 

 10 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 



The same count holds in RINCELE [Rin- 

 sell] * I hide. It is waste. There is wood- 

 (land) half a league long and 2 furlongs 

 broad. When it bears (oneratur) it is worth 

 10 shillings. 



The same count holds in DERCETO [Avon 

 Dassett] 8 i o hides. Three thegns held it and 

 were free. There is land for 12 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 3 ploughs and i o serfs ; 

 and 12 villeins with a priest and 5 bordars 

 have 7 ploughs. There are 50 acres of mea- 

 dow. T.R.E. it was worth 10 pounds, and 

 afterwards 40 shillings ; now 8 pounds. 



The same count holds in WARMINTONE 

 [Warmington] a 13 hides. Azor held it 

 and was a free man. There is land for 14 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 4, and 12 serfs; 

 and (there are) 36 villeins and 8 bordars with 

 14 ploughs. There are 69 acres of meadow. 

 T.R.E. it was worth 10 pounds; now the 

 same. 



The same count holds in ERBURBERIE 

 [Harbury] 7 4$ hides. Lewin and Alric 

 held it and could sell it, but could not with- 

 draw themselves (discedere) with their land. 

 There is land for 10 ploughs. In the de- 

 mesne is i plough with I serf ; and (there 



divisions are connected with the two entries in 

 Domesday Book. Woodcote, appearing afterwards 

 in the Leet of Stoneleigh, was doubtless in the 

 Domesday Hundred of ' Stanlei.' 



4 This was doubtless the wood of Rinsell men- 

 tioned by Dugdale (p. 309) in conjunction with 

 ' Wegcnoke ' (Wedgnock), the latter place being 

 found afterwards in Knightlow Hundred and lying 

 near to Leek Wootton; and Woodcote was prob- 

 ably like them in ' Stanlei ' Hundred ; and so, 

 presumably, was ' Rincele.' 



6 This identification is proved by Testa de Nevill, 

 p. 98, which shows that the Earl of Warwick's fee 

 was in ' Avendercet.' J.H.R. 



6 In Kineton Hundred. 



7 This appears afterward in Stoneleigh Leet and 

 was doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of 'Stanlei.' 

 Including the previous mention of it as ' Edbur- 

 berie ' it occurs five times in Domesday Book, the 

 hidations being : I hide I virgate, 4 hides 2 

 virgates, 4 hides, 2 hides, 3 virgates; total, 12^ 

 hides. It still appears in modern directories as 

 'alias Herberbury." 



(On Speed's map of Warwickshire dated 1610, 

 and on the maps of Saxton, Morden and Blome, 

 this place appears as Harberbury. B.W.) 



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