THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



are) 9 villeins and 6 bordars with 4 ploughs. 

 T.R.E. it was worth 100 shillings, after- 

 wards 60 shillings; now 100 shillings. 



IN TREMESLAU HUNDRET 

 The same count holds MORTONE [Moreton- 

 Morrell]. 1 Derman held it, and a free man 

 held it (et liber homo tenuit).* There are 

 5 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 4 ploughs and 18 serfs ; 

 and 2O villeins with a priest and I bordar 

 have 7 ploughs. There are 40 acres of 

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

 worth 6 pounds ; now 1 1 pounds. 



The same count holds WALTONE [Wal- 

 ton]. 3 Saxi held it and was a free man. 

 There are 5 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 3, and 6 serfs ; and (there 

 are) 9 villeins and I bordar with 4 ploughs. 

 There is a mill worth (de) 6 shillings. T.R.E. 

 and afterwards it was worth 3 pounds ; now 

 7 pounds. 



The same count holds WALTONE [Wal- 

 ton]. 3 Gida and Saied held it and were free. 

 There are 10 hides. There is land for 10 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ploughs and 

 9 serfs ; and (there are) 32 villeins and 3 

 bordars with 10 ploughs. There are 2 mills 

 worth (de) 12 shillings, and 8 acres of mea- 

 dow. Wood(land) 4 furlongs long and 2 broad. 

 T.R.E. it was worth 100 shillings and after- 

 wards 4 pounds ; now 10 pounds. 



The same count holds CONTONE [Comp- 

 ton Verney]. 4 Ulward and Cantuin held it 



1 There are eight entries relating to various 

 Mortons in the Domesday of Warwickshire, and 

 to identify them is difficult. This however is 

 clear, for Moreton Morrell is the only Moreton in 

 Kineton Hundred, and 'Tremelau' Hundred was 

 subsequently absorbed by Kineton Hundred. 



* The text seems to be corrupt here. 



* Walton in the Subsidy Roll of Edw. III. was in 

 Kineton Hundred, agreeing with Dugdale. It was, 

 after the time of Domesday, divided into Walton 

 D'Eivile and Walton Mauduit, and the former 

 stands first in the Subsidy Roll. Not improbably 

 the same order was maintained in Domesday Book. 

 The assessment of 1 5 hides seems very severe, if 

 the acreage was then, as now, only 2,100 acres. 



4 Disregarding Little Compton, a small village 

 near Long Compton, which, in 1842, was taken 

 from Gloucestershire into Warwickshire, there 

 are in the latter county the following Comp- 

 tons : Long Compton, Fenny Compton, Compton 

 Verney, Compton Scorpion, Compton Wyniates. 

 All these five occur in the Subsidy Roll of 

 I Edward III., the first being there called Cump- 

 ton Magna, the second Fennicumpton, the third 



and were free. There are 7 hides. There 

 is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 3, 

 and 7 serfs ; and (there are) 14 villeins with 

 a priest and 3 bordars with 5 ploughs. 



Cumpton Murdak, the fourth Cumptone Scorfen, 

 and the fifth Cumptone Wynzate. All of them 

 have been continuously in Kineton Hundred. 



Turning now to Domesday Book, we find that 

 the various Comptons are there recorded in the 

 following eight entries : 



(1) Contone, 7 hides ; held by the Count of 

 Meulan. 



(2) Contone (in), 4 hides 3 virgates ; held by 

 the Count of Meulan. 



/(3) Contone (in), 2 hides ; held by Turchil. 

 j (4) (in eadem villa), 3 hides, I virgate ; held 

 ^by Turchil. 



(5) Contone (in), 3 hides ; held by Turchil 

 (his under-tenant Alwin). 



(6) Contone parva (in), 5 hides ; held by 

 Robert de Statford. 



(7) Contone (in), i hide ; held by Robert de 

 Statford (his under-tenant Alwin). 



(8) Cuntone, 30 hides ; held by Geoffrey de 

 Manneville. 



Of these eight, No. I is almost certainly (part of) 

 Compton Murdak (now Compton Verney), be- 

 cause that place is close to Morton Morrell and 

 the two Waltons which immediately precede 

 it in Domesday Book, all four of them being 

 probably in 'Tremelau' Hundred. This identi- 

 fication agrees with Dugdale, and is strength- 

 ened by the fact that Compton Murdak (now 

 Compton Verney) is an ancient parish, and the 

 Domesday entry mentions a priest as one of the 

 under-tenants. No. 6 is, it may be affirmed with 

 assurance, Compton Scorfen, which is close to 

 Ditchford, Willington, and Wolford, and is now 

 only a hamlet of Ilmington. It is found, after 

 Domesday, included in the Barony of Stafford. 

 No. 8 I take to be Long Compton, called in the 

 Subsidy Roll of I Edward III. ' Great Compton.' 

 This is clear, not merely because of its evident size 

 and importance, but because the history of its 

 tenure under the Mandevilles is well known, and 

 is given in detail by Dugdale. 



There remain, then, Nos. i, 3, 4, 5 and 

 7. With these, Dugdale does not help us, and 

 his identifications may be disregarded, for he 

 identifies both 3 and 4 twice over, once with 

 Fenny Compton, and once with Compton Wyn- 

 iates, and gives no convincing reasons when deal- 

 ing with the other three. If, however, we bear in 

 mind Mr. Round's principle of the J-hide basis 

 of assessment, we shall, I think, be able to arrive 

 at a satisfactory conclusion. 



No. 2, then, is probably (part of) Fenny 

 Compton ; and for the following reasons : It 

 follows next to Arlescote and close after Worm- 

 leighton and Warmington, all of which are in the 

 same corner of Kineton Hundred, with Fenny 

 Compton, Wormleighton being contiguous and 

 also held under the Count of Meulan by Gilbert. 

 Fenny Compton is also an ancient parish, and the 



