A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



From W(illiam), Turchil holds I J hides in 

 ECLESHELLE [Exhall]. 1 There is land for I 

 plough. There are 2 bordars and 10 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings ; now 

 5 shillings. Suain held it freely T.R.E. 



From W(illiam), Leuric and Eileua hold 3 

 hides and i virgate of land in GRASTON 

 [(? Arden's) Grafton].' There is land for 2 

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

 and (there are) i villein and 3 bordars with i 

 plough. There are 4 acres of meadow. It 

 was worth 40 shillings ; now 30 shillings. 

 The same persons (Idem ipsf) held it freely. 



From W(illiam), William holds 2 hides in 

 BENINTON [Binton]. 3 There is land for 2 

 ploughs. In the demesne is one, with i serf 

 and 5 bordars. There are 3 acres of meadow. 

 On the part of the mill (there are received) 4 

 loads (summas) of flour and 8 ' sticks ' of eels ; 

 and from Wich [Droitwich] 3 loads (summas) 

 of salt. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 30 

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



IN TREMELAU HUNDRET 



William himself (Ifse Willelmuf) holds I 

 hide in HEREFORD [Barford] 4 of the king. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. There are 2 

 serfs and 9 acres of meadow. It was worth 

 2O shillings ; now 5 shillings. Saulf held it 

 T.R.E. 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 



The same W(illiam) holds 4 hides in STOD- 

 LEI [Studley]. There is land for 1 1 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 2, and 3 serfs ; and 19 



1 Near Alcester. This identification is clear 

 owing to the connection of the Corbisons with 

 the place. It is afterward found in Barlichway 

 Hundred but not in Pathlow Liberty, and was 

 doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of 'Ferne- 

 cumbe.' 



J This was probably the portion of Grafton known 

 as 'Arden's,' being the smaller of the two. It is 

 between Exhall and Binton, and for the same 

 reasons as Exhall was doubtless in ' Fernecumbe ' 

 Hundred. The connection of the Corbisons with 

 it in after times is well ascertained (Dugdale, p. 

 540- 



3 This identification is no doubt correct. Bin- 

 ton, in the same way as Exhall and Grafton, was 

 doubtless in ' Fernecumbe ' Hundred. For Domes- 

 day purposes we may, I think, ignore the place in 

 Salford now called Bevington, but in the first two 

 Subsidy Rolls ' Benynton.' 



4 Barford appears afterward in Kineton Hun- 

 dred, in which ' Tremelau ' Hundred was merged. 



8 Studley, as we should expect, appears after- 

 wards in Barlichway Hundred, but not in Pathlow 

 Liberty. 



villeins with a priest and 12 bordars have 9 

 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 5 shillings, 

 and 24 acres of meadow. A salt pan renders 

 19 loads (summas) of salt. 6 Wood(land) i 

 league long and half a league broad. It was 

 and is worth 100 shillings. Suain held it 

 freely. 



The same W(illiam) holds 2^ hides and 

 two thirds of I virgate in ULWARDITONE 

 [Wolverton]. 7 There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 In the demesne is I, and 4 serfs; and 

 (there are) 10 villeins and 7 bordars with 5 

 ploughs. There are 2O acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) i furlong long and half (a 

 furlong) broad. In Warwic(k) i house paying 

 8 pence. It was worth 30 shillings ; now 60 

 shillings. Ernuin held it freely T.R.E. 8 



The same W(illiam) holds 4 hides in BURLEI 

 [Bearley]. 9 There is land for 4 ploughs. In 

 the demesne is I, and 2 serfs ; and (there 

 are) 9 villeins and 6 bordars with 5 ploughs. 

 There are 4 acres of meadow. In Warwic(k) 

 I house paying 8 pence. It was worth 60 

 shillings ; now 40 shillings. Erneuin and his 

 mother held it freely. 



IN COLVESTAN HUNDRET lo 

 The same W(illiam) holds CILLENTONE 



6 See Introduction, p. 293. 



7 Comparing this with the entry of ' Ulwardi- 

 tone' among Robert de Stafford's estates (see p. 3 30) 

 we find that it was a 4-hide vill, of which Urfer, 

 Robert's tenant, held one third, namely i hide and 

 I virgate and one third of a virgate, while William 

 son of Corbucion holds two thirds, namely 2 hides 

 and 2 virgates and two thirds of a virgate. As 

 stated before, Wolverton was evidently in ' Ferne- 

 cumbe' Hundred, so that the rubrication of Studley 

 applies to this entry of Wolverton which follows 

 next. 



8 On the outside margin opposite this entry 

 is written v.v' ; and similarly, opposite the 

 paragraph relating to Stodlei is written 1 1 & d'. 

 The former might be short for quinque virgatit 

 and the latter for duo et dimidium. I cannot see 

 that these signs bear any reference to any entries 

 on the page, and I understand it has been suggested 

 that the scribe was merely trying his pen. 



8 As before stated, this was doubtless in 'Ferne- 

 cumbe ' Hundred. The 4 hides here given, to- 

 gether with the I hide entered under the fee of 

 Stafford, make ' Burlei ' a 5-hide place. 



10 This is the Staffordshire Hundred now called 

 ' Cuttlestone.' It will be remembered that 

 William fitz Anscult's Staffordshire manor of 

 Essington, which is recorded in this county, is also 

 in Cuttlestone Hundred. In the case of Essing- 

 ton however there is a duplicate entry in the 

 Staffordshire Domesday, whereas Chillington is re- 

 corded in Warwickshire only. 



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