A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



was worth 4 pounds ; now 6 pounds. Pallin 

 held it freely T.R.E. 



IN FEXHOLE HUNDRKT 

 The same H(ugh) holds OCTESELVE [Ox- 

 hill]. There are 10 hides. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 3, and 1 1 

 serfs ; and (there are) 20 villeins and 1 1 bor- 

 dars with 7 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 

 1 6 pence, and 20 acres of meadow. It was 

 worth IG pounds; now n pounds. Toli 

 held it freely T.R.E. 



The same H(ugh)holds in SERUELEI [Shrew- 

 ley] 1 3 hides. There is land for 12 ploughs. 

 In the demesne is I, and 3 serfs ; and (there 

 are) 8 villeins and 6 bordars with 2j ploughs. 

 There are 10 acres of meadow. Wood- 

 (land) I league long and half (a league) broad. 

 It was worth 20 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 

 Toli held it freely. 



The same H(ugh) holds in LAPEFORDE [Lap- 

 worth] 2 half a hide. There is land for I 

 plough. There are 3 villeins. Wood(land) 2 

 leagues long and I league broad. It was 

 worth 10 shillings; now 20 shillings. Bald- 

 euin held it freely. 3 



From the same Hugh, Hubert holds 2j 

 hides in TORLAVESTONE [Thurlaston]. 4 There 

 is land for 7 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 2 ; and (there are) 9 villeins and 4 bordars 

 with 3 ploughs. There are 40 acres of 

 meadow, and I furlong of pasture. It was 

 worth 40 shillings ; now 60 shillings. Bald- 

 euin held it. 



1 Shrewley being afterward in Barlichway Hun- 

 dred but not in Pathlow Liberty was probably in the 

 Domesday Hundred of ' Fernecumbe.' But as this 

 seems to be a list of places in ' Fexhole ' Hundred, 

 and as Shrewley is not far from the Kineton Hun- 

 dred 'nook' mentioned in the next note, it is just 

 possible that it also was in ' Fexhole ' Hundred. 

 (Mr. Walker considers that it was.) 



2 Lapworth, Packwood and Tanworth, forming 

 what should be the northern point of Barlichway 

 Hundred, are all in Kineton Hundred. Dugdale 

 states that Tanworth was a member of Brailes. 

 Brailes, as we have seen (p. 301), was in ' Fexhole ' 

 Hundred. Probably therefore all this ' nook ' was 

 in ' Fexhole ' Hundred, which Hundred was after- 

 wards absorbed by that of Kineton. 



1 This concludes the list of Hugh's demesne 

 manors, and there is the usual slight gap between 

 this entry and the next, which begins the list of his 

 subinfeuded manors. 



4 These ^\ hides, together with the 2^ hides 

 previously recorded, make Thurlaston a 5 -hide 

 place. As already stated, it was in ' Meretone ' 

 Hundred. 



From H(ugh), William holds 3 virgates of 

 land in LODBROC [Ladbroke].' There is 

 land for i plough. There a priest and i 

 villein with 2 bordars have half a plough, and 

 (there is) a mill worth (de) 3 shillings, and 3 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 5 shillings ; now 

 10 shillings. 



From H(ugh), Robert holds I hide in 

 ETEDONE [Eatington]. 8 There is land for i 

 plough. There I villein with i bordar has 

 half a plough. It was and is worth 10 

 shillings. Baldeuin held it. 



From H(ugh), the abbey of S. Evroul 

 (Ebrulfus) holds 6 hides and i virgate of land 

 in PILARDETUNE [Pillerton Priors]. 8 There 

 is land for 10 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 3 ; and 1 3 villeins and 23 bordars with i 

 Frenchman (frandgen') and 3 thegns have 8 

 ploughs. There are 1 2 acres of meadow. It 

 was worth 6 pounds ; now 10 pounds. 

 Four thegns held it freely T.R.E. 



From H(ugh), Roger holds (Q)UATERCOTE 

 [Whatcote], 7 5 hides. There is land for 5 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 4 ; and 7 vil- 

 leins with a priest and 19 bordars have 3 

 ploughs. It was worth 100 shillings ; now 



7 pounds. Toli held it freely. 



From H(ugh), the same Roger holds 3 hides 

 in ROCHINTONE [Rowington]. 8 There is 

 land for 8 ploughs. There 27 villeins with 

 a priest and 24 bordars have 9 ploughs. 

 (There is) wood(land) i leagues long and 8 

 furlongs broad. It was and is worth 100 

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



From H(ugh), Osbern holds 5 hides in BIL- 

 LESLEI [Billesley]. 8 There is land for 8 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 ploughs and 



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

 priest and 9 bordars who have (habentei) 4 



In 'Meretone' Hundred, as mentioned before. 

 In ' Tremelau ' Hundred, as rubricated in the 

 previous entry on p. 324. 



7 Whatcote, like its neighbour Pillerton, is after- 

 ward found in Kineton Hundred, and may well 

 have been in the Domesday Hundred of ' Treme- 

 lau.' (Mr. Walker, however, holds that it was in 

 ' Fexhole ' Hundred.) 



8 Rowington and Billesley, being afterwards 

 found in Barlichway Hundred but not in Pathlow 

 Liberty, were probably in the Domesday Hundred 

 of ' Fernecumbe.' 



(The parish of Rowington lies between the 

 parishes of Shrewley and Lapworth. I am there- 

 fore strongly inclined to think that it, as they, was 

 in Fexhole ' Hundred. B.W.) 



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