A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



XXXVI. THE LAND OF STEPHEN 1 

 Stephen holds of the king i hide in DORSI- 

 TONE* [Little Dorsington]. There is land 

 for 2 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ; and 

 (there is) I free man with 8 bordars with i 

 plough. There are 4 acres of meadow. It 

 was worth 2O shillings ; now 30. Ordui held 

 it freely. 



IN PATELAU [PATHLOW] HUNDRET 



The same Stephen holds 3 hides in MELE- 

 COTE [Milcote]. 3 There is land for 4 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 2 ; and (there are) 6 vil- 

 leins and 6 bordars with 3 ploughs. There 

 are 1 5 acres of meadow. It was worth 40 

 shillings ; now 50 shillings. Bishop * Ulstan s 

 and JElfstan held it freely. 



XXXVII. THE LAND OF OSBERN 

 SON OF RICHARD 



Osbern son of Richard holds of the king 

 ESTONE [Aston Cantlow]. 6 There are 5 

 hides. There is land for 10 ploughs. There 

 are 9 Flemings (flandrensei) and 1 6 villeins 

 with a priest and 10 bordars who have 

 (habentes) 12 ploughs. There is a mill worth 

 (de) 8 shillings, and 5 ' sticks ' of eels, and 40 

 acres of meadow. Wood (land) i league in 

 length and breadth. It was worth loo shil- 

 lings ; now 6 pounds. Earl Algar held it. 



IN PATELAU [PATHLOW] HUNDRET 



From the same O(sbern), Urse holds 3 hides 

 in WILMECOTE [Wilmcote near Stratford]. 



1 Stephen the steersman (see Introduction). 



2 Dorsington parva, though in the Gloucester- 

 shire parish of Welford, is in Warwickshire, and 

 was doubtless in 'Fernecumbe' Hundred. See next 

 note. 



3 Milcote is in Warwickshire, though it is part 

 of the Gloucestershire parish of Weston on Avon. 

 In the Chronicle of Evesham Abbey ' Dorsintune, 

 Mulecote, et alia Mulecote ' are mentioned as 

 places in Gloucestershire acquired by Abbot Agelwi 

 (1059-77) for the abbey. Pathlow Hundred 

 consisted largely of church lands. I suggest that 

 Bishop Wulstan may have brought Milcote into it. 

 In I Edward III. both Milcote and Dorsington 

 were outside Pathlow Liberty. 



The " ep's " (episcopus) is an interlineation. 



s i.e. Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester. 



Although there is no subsequent trace of Os- 

 bern's connection with Aston Cantlow, the identi- 

 fication is doubtless correct. The only other War- 

 wickshire Aston has already been accounted for. 

 Aston Cantlow, like other places appearing sub- 

 sequently in Barlichway Hundred but not in 

 Pathlow Liberty, was doubtless in the Domesday 

 Hundred of ' Fernecumbe.' 



There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne 

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

 and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 

 24 acres of meadow. It was worth 30 shil- 

 lings ; now 60 shillings. Lewin Doda held 

 it freely T.R.E. 



IN MERETON [MARTON] HUNDRET 



From O(sbern), William holds 5 hides in 

 DONECERCE [Dunchurch]. There is land 

 for 9 ploughs. In the demesne is I, and 3 

 serfs ; and 1 2 villeins with a priest and 1 1 

 bordars have 5 ploughs. There are 30 acres 

 of meadow. It was and is worth 100 shil- 

 lings. Ulmar held it. 



IN TREMELAU HUNDRET 



From O(sbern), Hugh holds 4 hides in 

 BEREFORDE [Barford]. There is land for 

 12 ploughs. In the demesne is I, and 2 

 serfs ; and 2 knights with a priest and 4 vil- 

 leins and 1 1 bordars have 3 ploughs. There 

 is a mill worth (de) 2 shillings and 13 'sticks' of 

 eels, and 60 acres of meadow. It was and is 

 worth 40 shillings. 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 



From O(sbern) the same Hugh holds 3 hides 

 and a half in HILDEBEREURDE [Hillborough] 

 and in BENINTONE [Binton]. There is land 

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

 serfs ; and (there are) 7 villeins and 2 bordari 

 with 2 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 1 2 

 pence, and 20 acres of meadow. It was and 

 is worth 40 shillings. Lodric held it freely 

 T.R.E. 



From O(sbern) the same Hugh holds 3 hides 

 in EPESLEI [Ipsley]. 8 There is land for 7 

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

 and (there are) 7 villeins with a priest and 13 

 bordars with 4 ploughs. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 1 6 pence. Wood(land) I league long 

 and half a league broad. It was worth 30 

 shillings ; now 40 shillings. Earl Algar held 

 it. 



From O(sbern), Gilbert holds 5 hides in 

 GRASTONE [Temple Grafton].* There is 



7 This with the hide and a half of Hillborough 

 already recorded as held by Urse de Abetot make 

 up a 5-hide estate, as if a piece of Binton had been 

 annexed to round off Hillborough. 



8 Ipsley, being subsequently in Barlichway 

 Hundred but not in Pathlow Liberty, was doubt- 

 less in the Domesday Hundred of ' Fernecumbe.' 



Grafton, for the same reason as Ipsley, was 

 doubtless in ' Fernecumbe ' Hundred. This was, no 

 doubt, Temple Grafton, for the history of Arden's 



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