A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



In this manor the monks of S. Nicholas [of 

 Angers] have 2 ploughs, and 22 villeins (vil- 

 lanos) and 6 bordars with 5 ploughs. 



The whole was worth 100 shillings, and 

 afterwards 40 shillings ; now 10 pounds. 

 Lewin held it freely. 



The same G(eoffrey) holds NEWEBOLD [New- 

 bold-on-Avon]. 1 There are 8 hides. There 

 is land for 16 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 3, and 2 serfs ; and (there are) 25 villeins and 

 8 bordars with n ploughs. It was and is 

 worth 100 shillings. Lewin held it freely. 



The same G(eoffrey) holds FENINIWEBOLD 

 [Newbold Revel]. 2 There are 8 hides. 

 There is land for 16 ploughs. In the de- 

 mesne are 4 ploughs and 8 serfs ; and (there 

 are) 26 villeins and 3 bordars with 10 ploughs. 

 There are i o acres of meadow. It was and 

 is worth 7 pounds. Lewin held it freely. 



IN MERETON [MARTON] HUNDRET 



The same G(eoffrey) holds 5 hides in LELLE- 

 FORD [Long Lawford]. 3 There is land for 

 14 ploughs. In the demesne is I ; and 14 

 villeins and 7 bordars have 7 ploughs. There 

 is a mill worth (de) 14 shillings. It was worth 

 40 shillings ; now 50 shillings. 



The same G(eoffrey) holds WAPEBERIE 

 [Wappenbury]. 4 There are 5 hides. There 



1 This is Dugdale's identification, and I think 

 it is correct, though his logic is not convincing. 

 Otherwise we must suppose that Newbold-on-Avon, 

 the most important of the Newbolds, was omitted 

 from Domesday Book. See next note. 



2 This also is Dugdale's identification, and prob- 

 ably correct. Indeed, if, as he states (p. 56), 

 this manor was conveyed in 6 Richard II. by the 

 name of 'Feni-Newbold,' there can be no question 

 but that he is right. Otherwise, this entry looks 

 suspiciously like a repetition of the account of 

 Newebold preceding it, with the less important 

 particulars slightly varied. In the Subsidy Roll of 

 i Edward III. Newbold Revel appears under the 

 head of ' Newbolde and Strettone,' with John 

 Revel first on the list of those who paid. 



3 I have little doubt of this identification, pro- 

 viding that Dugdale (p. 21) is correct in stating 

 that it was in this Lawford that Geoffrey de Wirce 

 granted the tithes to the monastery of S. Nicholas 

 of Angers. In I Edward III., Long Lawford, 

 was in Brinklow Leet, and Church Lawford in 

 Marton Leet: but as Long Lawford was originally 

 in the parish of Church Lawford, it was doubtless 

 also originally in Marton Leet and in the Domesday 

 Hundred of ' Meretone.' 



4 This identification is obvious. Moreover it 

 is afterward found in Marton Leet, and was there- 



is land for 15 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 3 ploughs and 6 serfs ; and (there are) 1 9 vil- 

 leins and 6 bordars with 10 ploughs. There 

 is a mill worth (de) 6 shillings and 8 pence. 

 Wood(land) half a league long and 2 fur- 

 longs broad. It was and is worth no shil- 

 lings. 



The same G(eoffrey) holds HANTONE B 

 [Hampton in Arden]. 8 There are 10 hides. 

 There is land for 22 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 2, and 2 serfs, and 2 bond-women ; and 50 

 villeins with a priest and 16 bordars have 13 

 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 40 pence 

 and i o acres of meadow. Wood(land) 3 leagues 

 long and 3 broad. It was and is worth 100 

 shillings. 



From the same G(eoffrey), Sot (Sotus) holds 

 SCOTESCOTE [Shustoke]. 7 There are 4 hides. 

 There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne 

 is I plough and 3 serfs ; and (there are) I O vil- 

 leins with 3 ploughs. There are 16 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) i league long and half 

 a league broad. It was and is worth 40 shil- 

 lings. 



From G(eoffrey), Ansgot the priest holds I 

 hide in BENECHELIE [Bentley] 8 in almoin. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs, and they are 

 there with 4 villeins. Wood(land) half a league 

 long and 3 furlongs broad. It was and is 

 worth 64 pence. 



From G(eofFrey), Bruno holds 2 hides in 

 GAURA [Brownsover]. 9 There is land for 2 

 ploughs, and they are there, with 4 villeins 

 and 3 bordars and 2 serfs (servis). There are 

 2 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 20 

 shillings. 



fore doubtless, like the preceding place, in the 

 Domesday Hundred of ' Meretone.' 



6 Between this and the preceding entry there is 

 a space left in the MS. for ' Coleshelle ' Hundred 

 to be inserted. 



6 This is also an obvious identification, and 

 Dugdale (p. 696) makes clear the subsequent over- 

 lordship of the Mowbrays, who succeeded to 

 Geoffrey de Wirce. Hampton in Arden, after- 

 wards in Hemlingford Hundred, was doubtless in 

 the Domesday Hundred of ' Coleshelle.' 



7 Shustoke. Exactly the same remarks apply to 

 this identification. 



8 Bentley was of course, like Shustoke, in ' Coles- 

 helle' Hundred. The 'c ' was, as often, a mistake 

 for ' t.' 



8 This place no doubt took its name from the 

 Domesday tenant Bruno. See note on p. 309 and 

 also the next note. 



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