THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



The same count holds in ORLAVESCOTE 

 [Arlescote] l 5 hides, and (the abbey of) St. 

 Peter of Praux (holds) of him. There is 

 land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne are ij 

 ploughs and 2 serfs ; and (there are) 4 villeins 

 and 3 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 

 12 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 

 3 pounds. Boui held it freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in CONTONE [Fenny 

 Compton] 3 4 hides and 3 virgates of land, 

 and Gilbert of him. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ploughs and 

 7 serfs ; and (there are) 8 villeins with a priest 

 and 6 bordars with 4 ploughs. There are 

 40 acres of meadow. It was worth 60 shil- 

 lings; now 4 pounds. Aluric held it freely 

 T.R.E. 



The same count holds in TACESBROC [Tach- 

 brook] 3 8 hides less I virgate, and Roger of 

 him. There is land for 6 ploughs. In the 

 demesne is half a plough ; and (there are) 5 

 villeins and 7 bordars with 3 ploughs. There 

 are 1 2 acres of meadow. It was worth 60 

 shillings ; now 40. Baldeuin held it freely 

 T.R.E. 



The same count holds in NIWEBOLD [New- 

 bold Comyn] * 2 hides, and Gilbert of him. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 2 ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars 

 with 4 ploughs. There are 12 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 30 shillings ; now 

 50 shillings. Alsi, Ailred and Tube held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



1 See p. 314, note 2. 2 See pp. 311, 312. 



3 Although in the Subsidy Roll of I Edward 

 III. Tachbrook Episcopi and Tachbrook Mallory 

 were both in Kineton Hundred, yet as early as 

 Dugdale's time the former was in Kineton Hun- 

 dred and the latter in Knightlow Hundred. I 

 think this is Tachbrook Mallory, and that being 

 between Whitnash and Harbury, it was, like 

 them, in 'Stanlei' Hundred. But even if it were 

 Tachbrook Episcopi (now Bishop's Tachbrook), 

 that place would not be in ' Honesberie ' Hun- 

 dred, which was in quite another part of Kineton 

 Hundred. 



4 I have little doubt of this, not merely because 

 Newbold Comyn was afterward in Stoneleigh Leet 

 and therefore doubtless in 'Stanlei' Hundred, but 

 because the z hides of this entry, together with the 

 3 hides held by Malmesbury Abbey as stated in 

 the former entry, make it a 5 -hide place. It is 

 also instructive to notice that in both entries the 

 relation of number of hides to number of ploughs 

 is the same, namely 2 to 4 and 3 to 6, while the 

 Domesday and T.R.E. values are identical, namely 

 50 shillings and 30 shillings in each case. New- 

 bold Pacey, which might seem a possible alternative, 

 is accounted for elsewhere as a 5 -hide place. 



IN PATELAU [PATHLOW] HUNDRET 



The same count holds in LUDITONE [Lud- 



dington] 12 hides, and 4 knights of him. 



There is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne 



are 5 ploughs ; and (there are) 2O villeins and 



9 bordars with 5 ploughs. There are 42 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 8 pounds ; now 

 6 pounds. Four thegns held it freely T.R.E. 

 as 2 manors. 



The same count holds in LOCHESLEI [Lox- 

 ley] s 4 hides less I virgate, and Hugh of 

 him. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 2, and 3 serfs ; and 1 1 villeins 

 with a priest and 1 1 bordars have 6 ploughs. 

 It was worth 30 shillings ; now 4 pounds and 



10 shillings. Estan held it freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in PRESTETONE 

 [Preston Bagot] ' 5 hides, and Hugh of him. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. In the demesne 

 is half a plough and 2 serfs ; and (there are) I 

 villein and 3 bordars with I plough. It was 

 worth 30 shillings ; now 40. Britnod held 

 it freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in OVESLEI [Overs- 

 ley] 3 hides, and Fulk of him. There is 

 land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne is I, and 

 (there are) 5 villeins and 5 bordars with 2 

 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 4 shillings 

 and 6 acres of meadow ; wood(land) 3 fur- 

 longs long and I broad. It was and is worth 

 40 shillings. Britmar held it freely T.R.E. 



IN BERRICEST(ONE) [BARCHESTON] HUNDRET 

 The same count holds in ILMEDONE [II- 

 mington] 7 I hide and half a virgate, and 

 Odard of him. (Odard) has there in demesne 

 2 ploughs and 6 serfs ; and (there are) 6 villeins 

 with half a plough. It is worth 40 shillings. 

 This estate (terra) is in the count's manor of 

 Ilmedone. 



In WITECERCE [Whitchurch], 7 the count's 



if 



5 This is written as follows: 'iiii hid et Hugo 

 de eo ^ una v min',' the reference signs showing 

 that it must be read in accordance with the above 

 translation. The deducted virgate appears in a 

 later entry. 



* Preston and Oversley appearing afterward in 

 Barlichway Hundred but not in Pathlow Liberty 

 were doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of Ferne- 

 cumbe.' 



7 Ilmington and Whitchurch are two contigu- 

 ous places, mentioned together some way back 

 among the count's demesne manors. No doubt 

 Whitchurch, like Ilmington, was in Barcheston 

 Hundred. Each, it may be mentioned, contained 

 8 hides. 



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