A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



The same count holds in WATITUNE [Wed- 

 dington] 3 hides, and Hereward of him. The 

 same (Hereward) held it T.R.E. and was 

 free. There is land for 7 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are i J, and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 1 2 

 villeins and 5 bordars with 4 ploughs. There 

 are 20 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 2 

 furlongs long and i furlong broad. It is 

 worth 30 shillings. 



The same count holds in BERCHEWELLE * 

 [Berkswell] I hide, and Walter of him. 

 Leuenot held it, and was free. There is i 

 villein with half a plough. It is worth 5 

 shillings. 



The same count holds in WERLAUESCOTE 

 [Arlescote ?] a 3 virgates of land. Saxi held 

 it freely T.R.E. There is land for I plough, 

 and the same is there, with 2 villeins and 3 

 acres of meadow. It is worth 2 shillings. 



The same count holds in FRANCHETONE 

 [Frankton] 3 i hide and I virgate of land, 

 and Ralf of him. There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 In the demesne is I, and 2 serfs ; and (there 

 are) 4 villeins and i bordar with i plough. 

 There are 10 acres of meadow. It was^nd 

 is worth 20 shillings. Chentuin held it freely 

 T.R.E. 



The same count holds in BORTONE [Bour- 

 ton on Dunsmore] * 5 hides, and Ingenulf of 

 him. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 3, and 7 serfs ; and (there are) 13 

 villeins and 1 1 bordars with 3^ ploughs ; and 

 I knight (miles) has there i^ ploughs. There 

 are 50 acres of meadow. It was worth 60 

 shillings ; now 70 shillings. Lewin held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in NEPTONE [Nap- 

 ton] 5 3 hides and 3 virgates of land, and 

 Robert of him. There is land for 8 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 2, and 4 serfs ; and 1 1 

 villeins with a priest and 8 bordars have 4^ 

 ploughs. There are 10 acres of meadow and 

 as many (acres) of pasture. It was worth 4 

 pounds ; now 3 pounds. Leuenot and Bundi 

 held it freely T.R.E. 



' See also p. 344 below. 



* Arlescote appears *-. 'Orlavescote' on p. 317 

 below, but the above entry may also refer to it. 

 J.H.R. 



> Frankton in Knightlow Hundred. Frankton 

 being in the Leet of Marton was doubtless in the 

 Domesday Hundred of ' Meretone.' 



Doubtless in ' Meretone ' Hundred for exactly 

 the same reason as Frankton. 



Napton, Upper Shuckburgh and Thurlaston 



The same count holds in SOCHEBERGE 

 [Upper Shuckburgh] B 4 hides, and Herleuin 

 of him. There is land for 4 ploughs. In 

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

 are) 8 villeins and 6 bordars with 3^ ploughs. 

 There are 6 acres of meadow. It was worth 

 40 shillings, and afterwards 30 shillings ; 

 now 50 shillings. Lewin held it freely 

 T.R.E. 



The same count holds in TORLAUESTONE 

 [Thurlaston] G 2 hides. There is land for 

 6 ploughs. In the demesne is i, and 2 bond- 

 women (ancille) ; and (there are) 4 villeins 

 and i bordar with 2 ploughs. There are 50 

 acres of meadow, and 2 furlongs of pasture. 

 It was worth 40 shillings, and afterwards 30 ; 

 now 35 shillings. Wlgar held it freely 

 T.R.E. 



The same count holds in HODENELLE 

 [Hodnell] " 4 hides, and Gilbert of him. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. In the de- 

 mesne is i ; and I knight with 6 villeins and 

 3 bordars has 3 ploughs. There are 20 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 20 shillings, and 

 afterwards 40 ; now 60. Ordric held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in MORTONE [? Mar- 

 ton] 7 I J hides, and Mereuin of him. There 

 is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne is I, 

 and i serf; and (there are) 5 villeins and 6 

 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 12 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 30 shillings, and 

 afterwards 35 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 

 Mereuin and Scrotin and Wallef held it 

 freely. 



are all found afterward in the Leet of Marton, 

 and were therefore doubtless in the Domesday 

 Hundred of ' Meretone.' 



6 Hodnell appears four times in Domesday Book, 

 its total hidage, as will hereafter be seen, amounting 

 to no less than 10 hides, an extraordinarily severe 

 assessment if it was then, as now, only some 5 20 

 acres in extent, and severe enough even if it 

 included most of Radbourn. It was undoubtedly 

 in ' Meretone ' Hundred, being so rubricated in a 

 subsequent entry. 



' I think this identification is correct, though 

 the mis-spelling of the name is curious, seeing that 

 the Hundred of ' Meretone ' to which Marton gave 

 the name is always correctly spelled. Dugdale 

 suggests that the third of these three entries, being 

 that held by Wallef, was Marton, but it is evident 

 that, having regard to the tenures of Wallef, Mereuin 

 and Scroti, the three entries relate to one place. 

 Hillmorton was also in the Leet of Marton, but is 

 doubtless the 'Mortone' referred to in a subsequent 

 entry jointly with ' Wilebec ' [Willoughby], which 

 is actually or almost an adjoining parish. 



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