THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, 

 and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 6 villeins with a 

 priest and 6 bordars with 5 ploughs. There 

 are 24 acres of meadow. It was worth 3 

 pounds ; now 4 pounds. Mervin and Scrotin 

 and Toti and Tosti held it freely T.R.E. 



IN BERICEST(ON) [BARCHESTON] HUNDRET 

 From O(sbern), Walter holds 2 hides in 

 STRATONE [Stretton on Fosse]. 1 He has 

 there half a plough in the demesne, and 2 

 villeins (uUFas) with I plough. It was worth 

 20 shillings ; now 30 shillings. Brictric held 

 it freely. 



From O(sbern), William holds MOLLITONE 

 [Mollington]. a There are 5 hides. There 

 is land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne is I ; 

 and (there are) 4 villeins and 5 bordars with i 

 plough. There are 20 acres of meadow. It 

 was worth 40 shillings ; now 60 shillings. 

 The mother of Lewin of Niweham [Newn- 

 ham Paddox 3 ?] held it freely T.R.E. 



XXXVIII. THE LAND OF HAROLD 

 SON OF THE EARL 



IN COLESHELLE [CoLESHILL] HuNDRET 



Harold son of Earl * Ralf holds of the king 

 CELVERDESTOCHE [Chilvers Coton]. 5 There 

 are 8 hides. There is land for 10 ploughs. 

 In the demesne is half a plough and 9 serfs ; 

 and (there are) 1 5 villeins and 7 bordars with 

 7 ploughs. Meadow 3 furlongs long and I 

 broad. Wood(land) ij leagues long and i 

 league broad. It was worth 40 shillings ; 

 now 50 shillings. His father held it. 



Grafton under the Corbucions seems clear, and 

 moreover the priest here mentioned implies the 

 church, which was in Temple Grafton. 



i See the note on the former entry concerning 

 this place. The recorded hidage is 8. 



This is clear, for Dugdale (p. 414) shows 

 that part of the Warwickshire portion of Molling- 

 ton was held of the Honour of Richard's Castle. 

 Hemmed in by Farnborough and Warmington, 

 Mollington must, like them, have been in ' Hones- 

 berie' Hundred. See also Introduction, p. 295, 

 and V.C.H. Northants, p. 33gb. 



' See Introduction, p. 280. 



* ' comitis ' is an interlineation. 



Certainly : the tenure of that place under the 

 barons of Sudeley, the descendants of Harold, is 

 quite clear. In the Subsidy Roll of l Edward III. 

 and other mediaeval records the name appears as 

 ' Chilverscote,' for which I am inclined to think 

 the Domesday name is a mistake. The modern 

 name is probably a compound derived partly 

 from Coton which is a hamlet in this parish. 



IN ONESBERIE HUNDRET 



The same Harold holds 15 hides in DERCE- 

 TONE [Dassett]. 6 There is land for 23 

 ploughs. In the demesne is I plough and 4 

 serfs ; and 46 villeins with a priest and 9 bor- 

 dars have 26 ploughs. There 3 knights have 

 12 villeins with 3 ploughs. There are 27 

 acres of meadow. It was worth 1 6 pounds ; 

 now 20 pounds. Harold held it T.R.E. 



XXXIX. THE LAND OF HASCULF 



IN MERETONE [MARTON] HUNDRET 

 Hasculf Musard holds of the king in LUN- 

 NITONE [Leamington-Hastings] 7 1 2^ hides 

 and half a virgate of land. There is land for 

 27 ploughs. In the demesne are 7 ploughs 

 and 15 serfs; and 33 villeins with a priest 

 and 24 bordars have 18 ploughs. There is 

 a mill worth (de) 2 shillings, and 20 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 10 pounds; now 12 

 pounds. Azor held it freely T.R.E. 



IN STANLEI [STONELEIGH] HUNDRET 

 From Hasculf, Humfrey holds 2 hides in 

 WITENAS [Whitnash]. There is land for 8 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 and 5 serfs ; 

 and (there are) 1 1 villeins and 8 bordars with 

 6 ploughs. There are 10 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth 60 shillings ; now 100 shillings. 

 Alvred held it freely T.R.E. 



IN TREMELAU HUNDRET 

 From Hasculf the same Humfrey holds 5 

 hides in NIWEBOLD [Newbold Pacey]. 8 There 

 is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne are 4 

 ploughs and 5 serfs ; and (there are) 1 1 villeins 

 and 1 1 bordars with 8 ploughs. There are 

 10 acres of meadow. It was worth 60 

 shillings; now IOO shillings. Alvred held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 

 From Hasculf the same Humfrey holds 



6 Certainly Burton Dassett, in which Harold's 

 descendants the Sudeleys held an interest for cen- 

 turies. The I 5 hides here recorded, together with 

 the 10 hides held by the Count of Meulan, make 

 it a z 5 -hide place. I strongly suspect that the 

 three knights gave its name to Knightcote, a ham- 

 let of Dasset, which certainly existed as early as 

 i Edward III. 



7 Its tenure by the Hastangs under the barony 

 of Musard is clear, and it was in Marton Leet. 



8 This identification is clear. It is in Kineton 

 Hundred, in which ' Tremelau ' Hundred became 

 included. Its tenure by Humfrey's descendants, 

 the Hastangs, under the barony of Musard, is 

 clearly shown by Dugdale (p. 391). 



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