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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS The same count holds in ORLAVESCOTE [Arlescote] l 5 hides, and (the abbey of) St. Peter of Praux (holds) of him. There is land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne are ij ploughs and 2 serfs ; and (there are) 4 villeins and 3 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 12 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 3 pounds. Boui held it freely T.R.E. The same count holds in CONTONE [Fenny Compton] 3 4 hides and 3 virgates of land, and Gilbert of him. There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ploughs and 7 serfs ; and (there are) 8 villeins with a priest and 6 bordars with 4 ploughs. There are 40 acres of meadow. It was worth 60 shil- lings; now 4 pounds. Aluric held it freely T.R.E. The same count holds in TACESBROC [Tach- brook] 3 8 hides less I virgate, and Roger of him. There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne is half a plough ; and (there are) 5 villeins and 7 bordars with 3 ploughs. There are 1 2 acres of meadow. It was worth 60 shillings ; now 40. Baldeuin held it freely T.R.E. The same count holds in NIWEBOLD [New- bold Comyn] * 2 hides, and Gilbert of him. There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars with 4 ploughs. There are 12 acres of meadow. It was worth 30 shillings ; now 50 shillings. Alsi, Ailred and Tube held it freely T.R.E. 1 See p. 314, note 2. 2 See pp. 311, 312. 3 Although in the Subsidy Roll of I Edward III. Tachbrook Episcopi and Tachbrook Mallory were both in Kineton Hundred, yet as early as Dugdale's time the former was in Kineton Hun- dred and the latter in Knightlow Hundred. I think this is Tachbrook Mallory, and that being between Whitnash and Harbury, it was, like them, in 'Stanlei' Hundred. But even if it were Tachbrook Episcopi (now Bishop's Tachbrook), that place would not be in ' Honesberie ' Hun- dred, which was in quite another part of Kineton Hundred. 4 I have little doubt of this, not merely because Newbold Comyn was afterward in Stoneleigh Leet and therefore doubtless in 'Stanlei' Hundred, but because the z hides of this entry, together with the 3 hides held by Malmesbury Abbey as stated in the former entry, make it a 5 -hide place. It is also instructive to notice that in both entries the relation of number of hides to number of ploughs is the same, namely 2 to 4 and 3 to 6, while the Domesday and T.R.E. values are identical, namely 50 shillings and 30 shillings in each case. New- bold Pacey, which might seem a possible alternative, is accounted for elsewhere as a 5 -hide place. IN PATELAU [PATHLOW] HUNDRET The same count holds in LUDITONE [Lud- dington] 12 hides, and 4 knights of him. There is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne are 5 ploughs ; and (there are) 2O villeins and 9 bordars with 5 ploughs. There are 42 acres of meadow. It was worth 8 pounds ; now 6 pounds. Four thegns held it freely T.R.E. as 2 manors. The same count holds in LOCHESLEI [Lox- ley] s 4 hides less I virgate, and Hugh of him. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 3 serfs ; and 1 1 villeins with a priest and 1 1 bordars have 6 ploughs. It was worth 30 shillings ; now 4 pounds and 10 shillings. Estan held it freely T.R.E. The same count holds in PRESTETONE [Preston Bagot] ' 5 hides, and Hugh of him. There is land for 3 ploughs. In the demesne is half a plough and 2 serfs ; and (there are) I villein and 3 bordars with I plough. It was worth 30 shillings ; now 40. Britnod held it freely T.R.E. The same count holds in OVESLEI [Overs- ley] 3 hides, and Fulk of him. There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne is I, and (there are) 5 villeins and 5 bordars with 2 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 4 shillings and 6 acres of meadow ; wood(land) 3 fur- longs long and I broad. It was and is worth 40 shillings. Britmar held it freely T.R.E. IN BERRICEST(ONE) [BARCHESTON] HUNDRET The same count holds in ILMEDONE [II- mington] 7 I hide and half a virgate, and Odard of him. (Odard) has there in demesne 2 ploughs and 6 serfs ; and (there are) 6 villeins with half a plough. It is worth 40 shillings. This estate (terra) is in the count's manor of Ilmedone. In WITECERCE [Whitchurch], 7 the count's if 5 This is written as follows: 'iiii hid et Hugo de eo ^ una v min',' the reference signs showing that it must be read in accordance with the above translation. The deducted virgate appears in a later entry. Barlichway Hundred but not in Pathlow Liberty were doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of Ferne- cumbe.' 7 Ilmington and Whitchurch are two contigu- ous places, mentioned together some way back among the count's demesne manors. No doubt Whitchurch, like Ilmington, was in Barcheston Hundred. Each, it may be mentioned, contained 8 hides. 317
 * Preston and Oversley appearing afterward in