THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



There is land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne 

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

 and 6 bordars with i plough, and in War- 

 wic(k) i house paying a rent of 5 pence. 

 Wood(land) half a league long, and half a 

 furlong broad. It is worth 3 pounds. Ailric 

 and Ulwin held it freely. 



IN PATELAU [PATHLOW] HUNDRET 



The same R(obert) holds 7 hides in WOTONE 

 [Wootton Wawen]. 1 There is land for 9 

 ploughs. There are 23 villeins with a priest 

 and 22 bordars who have (habentes) 6 ploughs. 

 There are 2 mills worth (de) 1 1 shillings and 

 8 sticks of eels. Wood(land) 2 leagues long 

 and i broad. It is worth 4 pounds. Waga* 

 held it freely. 



[Robert the huntsman holds of him in 

 BRANCOTE i hide. There is land for 2 

 ploughs which is (est) there with i villein. 

 (It is) worth 10 shillings. 3 ] 



IN STANLEI [STONELEIGH] HUNDRET 



From the same Robert, Alvric holds 5 hides 

 in BUBENHALLE [Bubbenhall]. There is land 

 for 5 ploughs. In the demesne are i ploughs 

 with I serf; and (there are) 6 villeins and 2 

 bordars with 2^ ploughs. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 4 shillings. Wood(land) 2 furlongs 

 long, and the same in breadth. It is worth 50 

 shillings. The same (Alvric) held it freely. 



[!N BEDRICESTONE [BARCHESTON] HUNDRET] 

 From R(obert), Grim holds half a hide in 

 BERTONE [Barton on the Heath]. There is 



dred but not in Pathlow Liberty, and therefore was 

 probably in the Domesday Hundred of ' Ferne- 

 cumbe.' 



1 It may be only a coincidence, but the hidage 

 of these 6 estates of Waga, which Robert de Staf- 

 ford kept in his own hands amounts exactly to 55. 



a See Introduction, p. 284. 



3 This entry is inserted in the margin at this 

 point, and is apparently intended to come between 

 Robert's demesne manors (which end with Wootton 

 Wawen) and those held of him by his tenants. 

 Mr. Carter holds that it should be referred to the 

 fief of Robert ' Dispensator,' and that it relates to 

 Bramcote in Polesworth. But 'Bramcote' is en- 

 tered as J fee among Stafford's Warwickshire manors 

 in The Red Book of the Exchequer, p. 613, which is 

 decisive. There is nothing, however, to show which 

 Bramcote is meant, and no Bramcote is mentioned 

 in the Testa tie Nevill, which is therefore no help. 

 As Robert the huntsman was a tenant only at 

 Robert d'Oilli's ' Merstone ' and this Bramcote, we 

 should expect those manors to adjoin. One of the 

 Bramcotes does adjoin Marston Jabbett, but this 

 Marston, o far as we know, was all held by the 

 Earls of Warwick and their Domesday predecessor. 

 J.H.R. 



land for I plough. It is there, in the demesne, 

 and 5 serfs ; and (there are) 2 villeins and 3 

 bordars. It was and is worth 2O shillings. 

 This estate (terra) is in Bedricestone Hundret/ 



From R(obert), Ordwi holds 2 hides in WOR- 

 WARDE [Wolford]. 8 There is land for 6 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ; and (there 

 are) 4 villeins and 4 bordars with i plough. 

 It is worth 50 shillings. Alwi held it freely. 



From R(obert), Alwin holds 2 hides in the 

 same vill. 5 There is land for 2 ploughs. In 

 the demesne is i, with i serf ; and (there are) 

 4 villeins and 3 bordars with i plough. It 

 was worth 2O shillings ; now 30 shillings. 

 Alwin held it freely. 



From R(obert), Iwein holds i hides in 

 ULLAVINTONE [Wellington]. There is land 

 for 2 ploughs. In the demesne is I, and 2 

 serfs, with I villein and I bordar. It was 

 and is worth 20 shillings. Dodo and Leuric 

 held it freely. 



From R(obert), Brion holds 2 hides in Dic- 

 FORDE [Ditchford Frary]. 6 There is land 

 for 7 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 9 

 serfs ; and (there) are 8 villeins and 3 bor- 

 dars with 3 ploughs. There is a mill worth 

 (de) 68 pence. It was worth 40 shillings; now 

 4 pounds. Leuric held it freely T.R.E. 



From R(obert), Warin holds 5 hides in 

 LITTLE CONTONE [Compton Scorfen]. 7 

 There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 3 ploughs and 8 serfs ; and (there are) 8 

 villeins and 2 bordars with 6 ploughs. There 

 are 6 acres of meadow. It was worth 60 

 shillings ; now IOO shillings. Brictric held 

 it freely. 



From R(obert), Alwin holds i hide in CON- 

 TONE [? Compton Wyniates]. 7 There is land 



1 The words ' In Bedricestone H'd ' are rubri- 

 cated as a hundredal heading. J.H.R. 



6 See note on p. 318. 



8 So called from Frary de Dicheford, who held 

 it under Brion's heirs the Standons. J.H.R. 



' I take these five places (Wolford, Willington, 

 Ditchford, Compton Scorfen and Compton Wyn- 

 iates) following after Barton to have been, like 

 Barton, in Barcheston Hundred. They are all 

 near together, in the neighbourhood of Barcheston. 

 It must be remembered, however, that Mr. Round 

 considers the identification of Compton Wyniates 

 to be against all the record evidence. 



(The only indication of Compton Scorfen on 

 the ordnance maps is a district called Compton 

 Scorpion Farms. B.W.) 



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