A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



HASELEIA [Haseley]. There are 3 hides 

 and half a virgate of land. There is land for 

 2 ploughs. In the demesne is I ; and 3 vil- 

 leins with a priest and 7 bordars have 2 

 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 4 shillings, 

 and 6 acres of meadow. Wood(land) I league 

 long and 2 furlongs. It was worth 2O shil- 

 lings ; now 30 shillings. Azur held it freely. 



XL. THE LAND OF NICOLAS THE 

 CROSSBOWMAN (Balistarii) 



IN TREMELAU HUNDRET 



Nicolas the Crossbowman (Balistarius) holds 

 of the king 3 hides and I virgate of land in 

 ALNODESTONE [Aylestone in Atherstone on 

 Stour]. 1 There is land for 5 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 2, and 4 serfs and 3 bondwomen ; 

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

 ploughs. It was and is worth 60 shillings. 

 Leuric held it freely. 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 



The same Nicolas holds 5 hides and I 

 virgate of land in HASELOUE [Haselor]. 2 

 There is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 2 ploughs, and 5 serfs and bondwomen 

 (inter servos et ancillas); and 1 6 villeins with 

 i bordar have 7 ploughs. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 6 shillings and 8 pence ; and a 

 saltpan (sa/ina 3 ) pays 4 shillings and 2 loads 

 (summas) of salt. There 2 Frenchmen ( frandg") 

 and i burgess render seven pence halfpenny. 

 It was worth 4 pounds ; now 6 pounds. Ul- 

 viet and Alvric held it freely. 



XLI. THE LAND OF NIGEL DE 

 ALBINGI 



Nigel de Albingi holds of the king AL- 

 DULVESTREU [Austrey]. 4 There are 5^ hides 



1 This is Dugdale's identification (p. 486) and 

 is doubtless correct, 'Tremelau' Hundred being 

 afterward merged in Kineton Hundred in which 

 Aylestone is situate. In the Subsidy Roll of I 

 Edward III. the name appears as ' Ailuastone.' 



2 Haselor is in Barlichway Hundred, in which 

 ' Fernecumbe ' Hundred is merged. Nicolas de la 

 Pole (whom Dugdale considers identical with this 

 Nicolas) appears later as concerned both in Haselor 

 and Aylestone. 



' See Introduction, p. 293. 



4 This is clear ; and doubtless it was this Nigel 

 who also held an estate of z-J- hides here under 

 Henry de Ferrieres. Including the zi hides held 

 by Burton Abbey, the total hidage was i o hides 

 and 3 virgates. It looks as if the latter assessment 

 had been super-imposed upon the former. Austrey 

 was doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of ' Coles- 

 helle.' 



and i virgate of land. There is land for 10 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 12 vil- 

 leins with a priest and 8 bordars have 5 

 ploughs. There is meadow (pratt) i furlong 

 long and another broad. 8 It was worth 6 

 pounds ; now 3 pounds. Eight thegns held 

 it freely T.R.E. 



The same Nigel holds 1\ hides in ALTONE 

 [? Hatton]. 8 There is land for 4 ploughs. 

 There are 3 villeins with i bordar who have 

 (habentei) 2j ploughs. It was and is worth 

 2O shillings. Ulwin and Leuric held it 

 freely. 



XLII. THE LAND OF CRISTINA 7 



IN COLESHELLE [CoLESHILL] HuNDRET 



Cristina holds of the king 8 hides in 

 ULVERLEI [Solihull]. 8 There is land for 20 

 ploughs. In the demesne is i, and 3 serfs ; 

 and 22 villeins with a priest and 4 bordars 

 have 7 ploughs. There are 12 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) 4 leagues long and half 



B Austrey meadows are of sufficient importance 

 to be marked on the map between Austrey and 

 Shuttington. J.H.R. 



8 I think this is possible. Otherwise Hatton, 

 an ancient parish which included Shrewley and 

 Beausale, was omitted from Domesday Book. 

 Hugh fitz Richard was the successor of Nigel de 

 Albingi in Austrey, and it was, I feel sure, as such 

 successor that he held Hatton, even though the 

 overlordship was in the Earls of Warwick. Dug- 

 dale ignores this entry, but does not make his fre- 

 quent suggestion that Hatton was ' involved ' in 

 any other place. Hatton, being afterward in 

 Barlichway Hundred, not in Pathlow Liberty, was 

 doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of ' Ferne- 

 cumbe.' But the history of these two manors is at 

 present obscure, and Mr. Round says he cannot 

 accept this conclusion because Nigel de Albini's 

 barony, of which Cainhoe, Beds, was the head, 

 remained for generations in the hands of his heirs ; 

 and because, although Dugdale no doubt considered 

 that he was succeeded at Austrey by Hugh fitz 

 Richard, the Burton Abbey document on which 

 he relied ends by speaking of Albini of Cainhoe as 

 the overlord. 



7 See Introduction, p. 281. 



8 I have no doubt that Dugdale is right in this 

 identification. The name of Hullerley survived 

 in the parish in his day, and the Ordnance maps 

 now show a district called ' The Ulleries,' and also 

 an Ulverley Green, the latter preserving the Domes- 

 day name. Moreover, the Limesis who succeeded 

 Cristina in both Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, 

 undoubtedly held Solihull. It is not surprising 

 that a priest is mentioned, for the dedication of 

 the church, being to S. Alphege, was doubtless 

 pre-conquestual. 



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