A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



manor, Walter holds of him i hide and has 

 there i plough ; and (it) is worth i o shillings. 

 Alwin held it freely T.R.E. 



The same count holds in ULWARDA 

 [Wolford] 1 4$ hides, and Ralf of him. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne 

 is I, and 2 serfs; and (there are) 3 villeins and 

 5 bordars with i plough. It was worth 30 

 shillings; now 40 shillings. Alvric held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



XVII. THE LAND OF TURCHIL OF 

 WARWICK 



IN COLESHELLE [CoLESHILL] HuNDRET 



Turchil holds of the king CREDEWORDE 

 [Curdworth]. There are 4 hides. There 

 is land for 7 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 

 ploughs and 3 serfs ; and (there are) 12 villeins 

 and 7 bordars with 5 ploughs. There are 16 

 acres of meadow ; wood(land) half a league 

 long, and as much broad. It was worth 40 

 shillings ; now 50 shillings. Ulwin held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



1 This is apparently Wolford in Kineton Hun- 

 dred. The following entries in Domesday Book 

 appear to relate to Wolford : 



(1) Ulteare, ij hides held by the Bishop of 



Bayeux. 



(2) Ulwarda, \\ hides held (as above) by the 



Count of Meulan. 



(3) Uolu'arde, J hides held by Robert de Stad- 



ford. 



(4) Worwarde, 2 hides held by the same. 



(5) Woneardt (in eadem villa), 2 hides held by 



the same. 



Of these, i and 2 were probably the same 

 place, having been held by an Alvric T.R.E. 

 Judging by the particulars of i alone, I should 

 have supposed it to be some place near Beausale in 

 Barlichway Hundred, for it was held under the 

 bishop by the same tenants as Beausale, namely 

 Wadard, and (under him) Gerold. But 2, follow- 

 ing after Ilmington and Whitchurch, seems to be 

 the third of three places in Barcheston Hundred, 

 in which, judging by its locality, I suppose Wol- 

 ford to have been. We may without hesitation 

 pronounce 3 to have been Wolford, which is 

 afterward found in the Barony of Stafford, and, 

 judging by the mention of a priest, it was no 

 doubt Great Wolford. No doubt also 4 and 5 

 were also Wolford, not merely because they were 

 held by Robert de Stadford, but because also they 

 came next after ' Bertone,' which is rubricated as 

 being in Barcheston Hundred. The hidage does 

 not help us in coming to a decision, but it may be 

 noted that the hides of i, 2, 4 and 5 make 

 up 10. Dugdale (pp. 451-2) identifies 3, 4 

 and 5 as Great Wolford, and 2 as Little Wolford, 

 but omits to notice I. 



The same Turchil holds BICHEHELLE [Bic- 

 kenhill]. 2 There are 2 hides. There is 

 land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne is half 

 a plough ; and (there are) 7 villeins and 4 bor- 

 dars with 3 ploughs. There are 3 acres of 

 meadow ; wood(land) 4 furlongs long, and 

 as much broad. It was and is worth 30 

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



The same T(urchil) holds the other BICHE- 

 HELLE [Bickenhill]. 11 There are 2 hides. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. There are 8 

 villeins with 2 ploughs. (There is) wood(land) 

 1 2 furlongs long and 6 broad. It was worth 

 2O shillings ; now 10 shillings. Alvric held 

 it freely T.R.E. 



The same T(urchil) holds in MENEWORDE 

 [Minworth] i hide. There is land for I 

 plough. There is i villein with half a plough, 

 and 5 acres of meadow. Wood (land) half a 

 league long and 3 quarentines broad. It was 

 and is worth 5 shillings. Godric held it freely 

 T.R.E. 



IN MERETONE [MARTON] HUNDRET 



The same T(urchil) holds ULFELMESCOTE 

 [Wolfhamcote]. There are 4^ hides. There 

 is land for 3 ploughs. In the demesne is I, 

 and 4 serfs ; and 7 villeins with a priest and 

 10 bordars have 4 ploughs. There are 5 acres 

 of meadow. It was and is worth 40 shillings. 

 Aschil held it freely T.R.E. 



IN STANLEI [STONELEIGH] HUNDRET 



The same T(urchil) holds in RIETONE [Ry- 

 ton on Dunsmore] 3J hides. There is land 

 for 10 ploughs. There are 23 villeins with a 

 priest and 8 bordars who have (babentes) 8 

 ploughs ; and there is a mill worth (de) 1 2 

 shillings, and 12 acres of meadow ; wood- 

 (land) half a league long and 2 furlongs 

 broad. It was worth 100 shillings ; now 

 60 shillings. Alwin his (i.e. Turchil's) father 

 held it freely T.R.E. 



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From Turchil Gudmund his brother 3 holds 

 PATITONE [Packington]. 4 There are 4 hides. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. In the de- 



2 Probably the first of the two is Church Bicken- 

 hill and the other is Middle Bickenhill, but how 

 the various hamlets were .divided between the two 

 I cannot say. 



3 'fr' ei" (= frater ejus) is interlineated above 

 1 Gudmund.' 



This brings us back to Coleshill Hundred again. 

 The space for ' Coleshelle Hundret ' has been left 

 in the MS. and not filled in. 



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