A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE
The same (ipsa) church holds in Cestretone [Chesterton[1]] 1½ hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 3 serfs; and (there are) 5 villeins and 9 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 10 acres of meadow. T.R.E. it was worth 40 shillings, and afterwards 2O shillings; now 50 shillings.
The same (ipsa) church holds Wasmertone [Wasperton[2]]. There are 5 hides. There is land for 11 ploughs. In the demesne is 1, and 2 serfs; and (there are) 18 villeins and 1 bordar with 7 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 20 shillings and 4 loads of salt and 1000 eels. There are 30 acres of meadow. Wood(land) half a league long and 2 furlongs broad. T.R.E. it was worth 4 pounds, and afterwards 50 shillings; now 70 shillings.
In Fernecumbe Hundret
The same (ipsa) church holds Neweham [?Newnham in Aston Cantlow[3]]. There are 5 hides. There island for 14 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 4 serfs; and (there are) 15 villeins and 5 bordars with 8 ploughs. It was and is worth 6 pounds.
In Honesberie Hundret
The same (ipsa) church holds in Radwei [Radway] 3 hides; and Ermenfrith (holds them) of the abbot. There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne is 1, and 4 serfs; and 13 villeins and 6 bordars have 5½ ploughs. There are 16 acres of meadow. It was worth 2O shillings; now 50 shillings.
VII. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF ABINGDON[4]
In Meretone [Marton] Hundret
The abbey of Abingdon (Abendone) holds in Hille [Hill[5]] 2 hides which the abb(ot) bought (emit) of the fee of Turchill; and Warin holds (it) of the abbot. There is land for 3 ploughs. In the demesne there are now 2 ploughs; and 5 villeins with 7 bordars have 1 plough. There are 12 acres of meadow. It was worth 30 shillings; now 40 shillings.
VIII. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF BURTON
In Coleshelle [Coleshill] Hundret
The abbey of Burton[6] (Bertone) holds in Aldulvestreu [Austrey] 2½ hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne is 1, and (there are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars with 2 ploughs. T.R.E. it was worth 40 shillings, and afterwards 10 shillings; now 30 shillings. Earl Leofric (Leuric) gave this land to the same church.
IX. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF MALMESBURY
The abbey of Malmesbury (Malmesberie) holds in Ninwebold [Newbold (Comyn[7])] 3 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. There are now in the demesne 2 ploughs and 4 serfs; and 8 villeins with 3 bordars have 3 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 8 shillings, and 16 acres of meadow. It was worth 30 shillings; now 50 shillings. Ulwin a monk held it, and himself gave it to the church when he became a monk.
X. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF WINCHCOMBE[8]
The abbey of Winchcombe (Wincelcumbe) holds 6 hides in Alne [Great Alne[9]]. There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne is 1 plough, and 3 serfs; and 11 villeins with 4 bordars have 5 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 5 shillings. (There is) wood(land) half a league long and 4 furlongs broad. It was worth 3 pounds; now 4 pounds.
XI. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH OF EVESHAM
In Fernecumbe Hundret
The abbey of Evesham holds in Witelavesford [Wixford] 5 hides. There is
- ↑ Chesterton is shown by a subsequent entry to have been in 'Tremelau' Hundred.
- ↑ Wasperton is afterward found in Kineton Hundred, and may well have been in the Domesday Hundred of 'Tremelau.'
- ↑ Apparently this identification must be correct, for 'Fernecumbe' Hundred was swallowed up by Barlichway Hundred, and this is the only Newnham in Barlichway Hundred. Its subsequent history is that of an obscure hamlet in Aston Cantlow, whereas it appears here as an important place, equal in assessment and value to Aston.
- ↑ Abingdon in Berkshire.
- ↑ Near Leamington Hastings. For particulars of this grant see Historia Monasterii de Abingdon (Rolls Series), ii. 8, 284, and Introduction, p. 176, above.
- ↑ Burton-on-Trent.
- ↑ The seat of the Willes family close to Leamington. The identification is clear from the subsequent history of the place. Being afterward in Stoneleigh leet, it was doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of 'Stanlei.'
- ↑ Winchcombe in Gloucestershire.
- ↑ Doubtless in 'Fernecumbe' Hundred, being afterward in Barlichway Hundred, but not in Pathlow liberty.
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