A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 2, and I bondwoman (ancilla) ; and (there 

 are) 1 2 villeins and 8 bordars with 4 ploughs. 

 There are 6 acres of meadow. It was and is 

 worth 3 pounds. The same Hereward held 

 it freely T.R.E. 



IN MERETONE [MARTON] HUNDRET 

 The same count holds in LODBROC [Lad- 

 broke] 2 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 In the demesne is i. William holds it from 

 him. 1 There are 4 villeins and i bordar with 

 2 ploughs, and 10 acres of meadow. It was 

 worth 2O shillings ; now 50 shillings. 



The same count holds in BERNHANGRE 

 [Barnacle] z 3 virgates of land, and Here- 

 ward of him. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 There are 2 villeins and 2 bordars with i 

 plough. (There is) wood(land) 4 furlongs 

 long and 3 broad. It was and is worth 2O 

 shillings. The same Hereward held it freely 

 T.R.E. 



The same count holds, and Gilbert of him, 

 2 hides and i virgate of land which belong 

 to the earl's manor of STANLEI. 3 There is I 

 plough in the demesne. It is worth 20 shil- 

 lings. 



The same count holds in ILLINTONE [Lil- 

 lington] * 4 hides, and Warin and Roger of 

 him. There is land for 4 ploughs. In the 

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

 villeins and 3 bordars with i plough. There is 

 a mill wortli (tie) 6 shillings and 8 pence. There 

 are 9 acres of meadow ; wood(land) I league 

 long and half (a league) broad. It was worth 

 2O shillings; now 40 shillings. Edric held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in WIDECOTE 

 [VVoodcote] 6 i hide, and Gilbert of him. 



dred, and were doubtless, like Weston, in ' Bomelau' 

 Hundred. In the Subsidy Roll of I Edward III. 

 they all appear in the Leet of Brinklow, Smercote 

 and Souley not being named, but being doubtless 

 included in Bedworth and Astley. 



1 This clause is obviously misplaced. 



3 Here we apparently go back to ' Bomelau 'Hun- 

 dred. Barnacle is in Bulkington parish. 



3 I cannot identify this place. Stoneleigh ap- 

 pears in Domesday as wholly the king's. 



1 This Domesday form of the name seems to be 

 a mere clerical error, and might almost be read as 

 ' Lilintone.' Lillington, being afterward in Stone- 

 leigh Leet, was doubtless in the Domesday Hun- 

 dred of ' Stanlei.' 



5 Woodcote, Weston and Cubbington all appear 

 at a later date in Stonleigh Leet, and were doubtless 

 in the Domesday Hundred of ' Stanlei.' 



There is land for i plough. There I knight 

 (miles) with 2 villeins and 9 bordars has l 

 ploughs. The wood(land) is (habet) i league 

 long and half (a league) broad. It was worth 

 10 shillings; now 20 shillings. Leuric held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in WESTONE [Wes- 

 ton under Wetherley] B 3 hides less one- 

 third of a virgate (tercia parte unius virgata 

 minus), and Robert of him. There is land 

 for 5 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 2 

 bondwomen. There are i knight and 3 vil- 

 leins and 7 bordars with 2 ploughs ; and (there 

 are) 12 acres of meadow. (There is) a spinney 

 (spinetum) 2 furlongs long and I broad. It was 

 worth 30 shillings ; now 50 shillings. Ulf 

 held it freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in CUBITONE [Cub- 

 bington] B 3 hides, and Boscher of him. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. In the demesne 

 is i plough with 3 bordars. There are 8 

 acres of meadow. It was worth 40 shillings ; 

 now 30 shillings. Lewin and Chetelbern 

 held it freely T.R.E. 



IN HONESBERIE HuNDRET 



The same count holds in WIMERESTONE 

 [Wormleighton] i hides. There is land 

 for 5 ploughs. Gilbert holds of him. In 

 the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 6 serfs, and 

 (there are) 1 5 villeins and 2 bordars with 7 

 ploughs and with a priest. 6 There are 9 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 30 shillings, and 

 afterwards 20 shillings; now 4 pounds and 10 

 shillings. Leuric held it freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in WARMINTONE 

 [Warmington] * 2j hides, and a certain 

 knight of him. Azor held it freely T.R.E. 

 It is worth 20 shillings. What (qua:') this 

 knight has there was included in the reckon- 

 ing of the estate of the men (cum hominum 

 pecunia qui sunt in manerio comitis numerata 

 sunt) who are in the count's manor. 8 



6 This is an anomalous formula. Probably the 

 priest was omitted by the scribe who ought to 

 have grouped him with the villeins, etc. J.H.R. 



7 See p. 310, note 6. 



8 On reference to the previous entry relating to 

 Warmington (p. 310), it will be seen that the 

 count held it as a demesne manor, and that while 

 there was land for only 14 ploughs, no less than 

 1 8 are there recorded as in use. In this present 

 entry nothing is said as to how many ploughs there 

 was land for. I apprehend that there was land for 

 at least 4, making up room for the 1 8 in use. No 

 villeins, bordars or serfs are here recorded, because 

 they were (? by mistake) given in the former entry. 



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