A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



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XXV. THE LAND OF RALF DE 



MORTEMER 



IN BOMELAU HUNDRET 



Ralf de Mortemer holds STRATONE [Stret- 

 ton Baskerville], and Roger of him. There 

 are 3 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 2 ; and (there are) 8 vil- 

 leins and 4 bordars with 4 ploughs. There 

 are 5 acres of meadow. It was worth 40 shil- 

 lings ; now 30 shillings. Edric held it freely. 



XXVI. THE LAND OF RALF DE 



LIMESI 



Ralf de Limesi holds of the king in BUDE- 

 BROC [Budbrooke] 1 5 hides. There is land 

 for 1 2 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 ploughs 

 and 7 serfs ; and (there are) 22 villeins and 

 13 bordars with 6 ploughs. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 2 shillings and 30 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) I league long and 3 furlongs 

 broad. In Warwic(k) 7 houses yield (reddunt) 



7 shillings per annum. It was and is worth 



8 pounds. Earl Eduin held it. 



XXVII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 



SON OF ANSCULF 



William son of Ansculf holds of the king 

 ESTONE [Aston juxta Birmingham], 8 and 

 Godmund of him. There are 8 hides. 

 There is land for 2O ploughs. In the de- 

 mesne is land for 6 ploughs, but the ploughs 

 are not there. There 30 villeins with a 

 priest and I serf and 12 bordars have 1 8 

 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 3 shillings. 

 Wood(land) 3 leagues long and half a league 

 broad. It was worth 4 pounds; now IOO 

 shillings. Earl Eduin held it. 



From W(illiam), Stannechetel holds I hide 

 in WITONE [Witton in Aston]. There is 

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

 2 serfs ; and (there are) I villein and 2 bordars 

 with 2 ploughs. It was worth 10 shillings; 

 now 20. The same S(tannechetel) held it 

 freely. 



From W(illiam), Peter holds 3 hides in 

 HARDINTONE [Erdington]. There is land for 6 



1 The words ' In Budebroc ' are written as if it 

 were the name of a hundred. Budbrooke, appear- 

 ing afterward in Barlichway Hundred but not in 

 Pathlow Liberty, was doubtless in the Domesday 

 Hundred of ' Fernecumbe.' 



3 Aston and all William's other Warwickshire 

 estates here recorded appear afterward in Hemling- 

 ford Hundred, and were therefore doubtless in the 

 Domesday Hundred of ' Coleshelle.' 



ploughs. In the demesne is i, and 2 serfs ; 

 and (there are) 9 villeins and 3 bordars with 4 

 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 3 shillings, 

 and 5 acres of meadow. Wood(land) i league 

 long and a half broad, but it is set apart for 

 the king (in defense regis est). It was worth 

 20 shillings ; now 30. Earl Eduin held it. 



From W(illiam), Dreu (Drogo) holds 2 hides 

 in CELBOLDESTONE [Edgbaston]. 3 There is 

 land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne are 



1 ploughs ; and (there are) 3 villeins and 7 

 bordars with 5 ploughs. Wood(land) 3 fur- 

 longs broad and half a league long. It was 

 worth 20 shillings ; now 30. Aschi and Alwi 

 held it freely. 



From W(illiam), Ricoard holds 4 hides in 

 BERMINGEHAM [Birmingham]. There is 

 land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne is i , and 

 (there are) 5 villeins and 4 bordars with 2 

 ploughs. Wood(land) half a league long and 



2 furlongs broad. It was and is worth 2O 

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



IN CUDULUESTAN [CuTTLESTONE] 



HUNDRET * 



From W(illiam), Roger holds 2 hides in 

 ESENINGETONE [Essington in Bushbury, Staf- 

 fordshire]. There is land for 6 ploughs. In 

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

 15 villeins and 2 bordars with 3 ploughs. 

 Wood(land) i league long and the same broad. 

 In Biscopesberie [Bushbury] is i virgate of 

 land appurtenant to this estate, but it is waste. 

 It was and is worth 20 shillings. 



XXVIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 

 SON OF CORBUCION 



William son of Corbucion holds of the 

 king ERMENDONE [PAmington] and Robert 

 of him in pledge (vadimon\ium\). There are 4 

 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 2 and 6 serfs ; and (there are) 

 6 villeins and 3 bordars with 2J ploughs. 

 There are 10 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 

 4 furlongs long and 2 furlongs broad. It 

 was and is worth 50 shillings. Turchil 

 batoc B held it freely. 



3 The early post- Domesday form of the name 

 is Egbaldeston. Unless there was some such name 

 as ' Ecgilbald,' from which ' Egbald ' was a cor- 

 ruption, I suppose the ' Cel ' which here begins 

 the name is a clerical error. 



4 This is the Staffordshire Hundred of Cuddle- 

 ston, now called Cuttlestone, and this entry is re- 

 peated verbatim et literatim in the Domesday of 

 Staffordshire. 



' batoc ' is interlined. 



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