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A36791	The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated from records, leiger-books, manuscripts, charters, evidences, tombes, and armes : beautified with maps, prospects and portraictures / by William Dugdale.	Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.	1656 (1656)	Wing D2479; ESTC R4379	1,795,370	725

Paramour a Londoner After which it was not long ere that Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester coveting that fair Lordship obtained Paramour's title and so justling out Robinson past this with Shuttenton unto Queen Elizabeth in exchange for other lands so that ever since it hath been in the Crown Tamworth FOllowing the stream of Anker a little lower I come to its confluence with Tame that gives denomination to Tameworth the most eminent Town for situation and antiquitie on this side the Countie of which but the one half including the Castle is in this Shire the Villages of Bole-Hall Glascote Stretford Wilnicote Stanidelf and Amington lying Southwards of the River and Pericroft on the North being members thereof A place this is participating chiefly of the commodities which the Wood-land affordeth being almost inviron'd by it and watered with delightfull Rivers whereby the bordering Meadows are plentifully inricht yet not wanting a spacious Champaine near at hand for farther profit and pleasure so that divers of the Mercian Kings invited doubtless by these advantages had here a Pallace-royall as their severall Charters do manifest Of which Kings the first that I find mentioned was Offa who granting lands in Sapie to the Monks of Worcester concludeth thus Hanc autem praescriptam vicissitudinem terrarum meae donationis pro Domino libertatem ego Offa Rex sedens in regali Palacio in Tamoworthige secundo die Nativitatis Domini in die Festivitatis beati Stephani Martyris concedens donavi Anno ab Incarnatione Christi DCCLXXXI Indictione quarta The next was Coenulf whose Charter thus ends Actae est haec donatio anno DCCCXIV Indict septima in vico celeberimo qui vocatur Tomoworthig c. After him Berthuulf in the year DCCCXLI and lastly Burtherd in the year DCCCLIV And as these authorities do shew that it was by those Kings thus honoured so is there not want of other to manifest the large extent and strength thereof witnesse that vast Ditch to this day called King's Ditch which stretching forth in a streight line from the River Anker somewhat below Bowl-Bridg then making a right angle keepeth on its course paralell to the River for the space of neer four hundred paces and so returning by another right angle runs into Tame below Lady-Bridg whereby the ground within the precincts thereof is of a quandrangular forme Which Ditch though much filled up in most places appears to have been at least xlv foot broad as by measure I have observed But such mischief shortly after did the Danes make by their severall invasions that this place was wasted and continued desolate till that renowned Ladie of the Mercians Ethelfleda daughter to King Alfred and Sister to King Edward the elder after her husband's death scil in the year of Christ DCCCCXIV restored it to its antient strength and splendor raysing a strong Tower upon an artificiall Mount of Earth called the Dungeon for defence against any violent assault thereof upon which Mount that building now called the Castle hath of later times been erected for the body of the old Castle stood below towards the Mercate-place and where the Stables at present are And here it was that the said famous Ethelflede departed this life xix Cal. Iulii anno DCCCCXVIII viz. five years before the death of King Edward her Brother but in the Abbie-Church of S. Peter at Gloucester of hers and her husband's Foundation she had sepulture The next observable thing which in course of time I have met with that concerns this place is that there was a Monasterie here for by the Testament of Wulfric Spot Founder of Burton-Abble in Com. Staff about the year of Christ DCCCCXLIX it appears that he gave thereunto certain lands in Langandune scil Langdon in Com. Staff But whether it was of Monks or Nunns or by whom founded I never could as yet see good testimonie From these antient times therefore whereof so little light by Historie is to be found I shall now descend to those after the Norman Conquest and for my more methodicall discoverie of such things as are most memorable purpose first to speak of the Burrough by it self for by that name it was heretofore called and then of the Castle and its possessors Of the Burrough there is not any particular extent in the Conqueror's Survey nor farther mention of it than that ten Houses therein were at that time belonging to the Mannour of Colshill in this Hundred which was in those days part of the King 's demesn neither can I discover any thing of note for a long time after relating thereto besides the Aid and other advantages which upon sundry occasions it yielded to the King from the beginning of King Stephen's reign that part which is in this Countie answering two marks for an Aide in 15 H. 2. and in 21 H. 3. iv li. xvi s. for the Ferm thereof yet was it antient demesn of the Crown id est belonging thereto in the days of King Edward the Confessor or King William the Conqueror And till about the later end of King H. 3. reign continued in the King 's immediate hand but then was it let to Philip Marmion Lord of the Castle for life at the Rent of xxxiv li. vi s. ix d. per annum Howbeit afterwards the King had it again Whereupon in 11 E. 2. it was granted to Baldwin Frevile during pleasure reserving the old accustomed Ferme viz. iv li. xvi s. Which Lease to Frevile soon determined For the King having the same year given to the Inhabitants thereof License to take Toll of all vendible commodities to be brought thither for the space of three years scil for every Quarter of Corn a half penny c. towards the charge of Paving the Town the next year following made a new grant thereof I mean all this while of that moytie in Warwick-shire unto the Inhabitants of the Burrough their heirs and successors reserving to the Crown the antient Ferme as above is exprest and xx s. yearly increase payable to his Exchequer at the days and termes when the other used to be received as also excepting all Tallages Aids and Customes as had formerly been payd out of it in the times of his Progenitors And in 14. of his reign the time being expired for taking Toll towards the Pavement of the Town by the former Patent renewed it for three years more yet this did not compleat the Pavement as appeares by the sundry other Patents granted to them afterwards aswell by King Edward 3. as this King E. 2. for the same purpose which in the margent I have cited But besides this for Paving did the same Inhabitants obtain a Charter from the King in 10 E. 3. for two yearly Faires here the one upon S. George's day viz. April 23. and three days after the other on the Feast-day of S. Edward and

ib. v li. vi s. viii d. Georgio Rydel Canon ib. v li. vi s. viii d. Rad. Bakester Canon ib. v li. Ric. Hethe Canon ib. v li. vi s. viii d. Ioh. Rivers Canon ib. v li. Will. Clare Canon ib. v li. Ric. Palmer Canon ib● v li. Ric. Todde Canon ib. v li. Catalogus Priorum Bernardus temp H. 1. Laurentius temp Regis Steph. Silvester 2. Ioh. Henricus 16. H. 3. David 23. H. 3. Robertus de Estleye 51. H. 3. Rob. de Salle defunctus 6. E. 2. Tho. de Warmynton 6. E. 2. Ioh. de Peyto 2. Id. April 19. E. 3. Henr. de Bradwey 22. Aug. 1361. Tho. de Merston 8. R. 2. Will. de Brayles 11. Aug. 1400. Tho. Kidderminster 12. 〈◊〉 1402. Tho. Holygreve 5. Aug. 1439. Ioh. Yardley 2. Maii 1458. Rad. Maxfeild 11. Ian. 1494. Will. Wall 9. H. 8. Simon Iekys 29. H. 8. Touching the Mannour of Kenilworth which belong'd to this religious House I find that it continued in the Crown till 6. Eliz. and then was granted to Rob. Earl of Leicester at that time possest of the Castle as I shall shew by and by But the site of the Monastery which had been given by K. H. 8. to Sir Andrew Flamok a Courtier of those dayes descended to Sir Will. Flamok his son and heir who dyed seized thereof 11. Iulii 2. Eliz. leaving Katherin his daughter and heir about three years old afterwards marryed to Iohn Colburn of Morton-Morrell in this County esquire Which Iohn having bought certain Horses stolen out of the said Earles stables here at Kenilworth-Castle as was pretended became so terrified by Leicester that he quitted unto him all his right therein upon easy tearmes as I have heard Kenilworth Castle THat this Castle was built by Geffrey de Clintou Chamberlain and Treasurer to K. H. 1. I have already in my discourse of the Priory by him then founded sufficiently manifested where also I have spoke both of his parentage and what else in relation to him is notable but being a place of such extraordinary strength and largeness as may be seen by the circuit breadth and depth of the outer moats and that unnparalel'd part thereof called Cesars-Tower which by the thickness of it's walls and form of building appears to have been of the first foundation continued not long to his posterity for in 11. H. 2. the Shiriff accounted for the profit of the Park and in 19. H. 2. it was possest and garrison'd by the King his eldest son whom he had Crown'd then rebelling against him with whom Lewes K. of France Rob. Earl of Leic. Hugh Earl of Chester and many other great men took part as our Historians do declare At which time there was layd in a c. quarters of bread-corn at viii li. viii s. ii d. charge being not then much more than 2 d. a bushell 20. quarters of Barley at 33 s. 4 d. An hundred Hogs at 7 li. 10 s. Forty Cows salted at 4 li. cxx Cheeses at 40 s. 25. quarters of salt at 30 s. at which time c. ●ol were allow'd for making of a Gaol there And the next year following did the same Shiriff viz. Bertram de Verdon account large summs of money for payment of the Souldiers Horse and Foot therein 'T is true that Geffrey de Clinton son heir to the said Geffrey the Founder had it a while in possession again as some words of his Charter whereby he granted certain lands in Milverton do import viz. Postquam Castellum meum honorem meum recuperavi but it remained with him scarce 7. years and after that time was never out of the Kings hands till Henry 3. granted it to Sim. Montfort E. of Leic. as I shall shew anon for in 27. H. 2. the Shiriff accounted for the Ferm of the ward thereof which I take to be such money as was payd by the Country people who were otherwise to perform their service in person for the guarding of this Castle as also for certain money that he received in the nature of Rent from such as had their abode therein Which makes me conjecture that some persons for security to themselves and their goods obtained leave there to reside whereby they might be preserved from robbery and mischief in those turbulent times The next year following he accounted for the Ferm of such ground as was within the compass of the fortifications In 30. H. 2. for the charge of repayring the walls In 31. for workmanship about the Goale there In 33. for the ground within the Castle and paunage of the Park In 1 R. 1. again for the ferm of the same ground In 2. and 3. for the custody and repair thereof And in the beginning of King Iohn's time Henry de Clinton grandson to the founder released to the King all his right in the same as also in the woods and pools and whatever else belonged thereto excepting what he had possession of at the death of K. H. 2. his father Which Henry de Clinton had issue Henry who being in the rebellion K. Iohn at the later end of his raign submitted himself and returned to obedience in 2. H. 3. assuring the K. of his future fidelity whereupon the Shiriff had command to give him livery of those lands in Kenilworth of his inheritance by right from his father But after him I find little here in Kenilworth of this family and therefore in regard it was of longer continuance in Colshill and Maxstoke in Hemlingford-Hundred I have there inserted the whole descent and made my historicall observations thereupon and so returning again to this Castle do observe that in 5. Ioh. Hugh de Chaucumb afterwards Shiriff of these Countyes for divers years was made Governour thereof his predecessor in that command having been Hugh Bardulf who continued in that place till 9. Ioh. and then Rob. de Ropesle the then Shiriff was put in his roome In 13. Ioh. Will. de Cantilupe Shiriff also at that time accounted for 361. li. 07 s. -00 laid out in more building upon this Castle as also 102. li. -19 s. -03 d. for making a Chamber and Wardrobe The next year following 224 li. for more building there and in 17. Ioh. for he continued many years Shiriff 402 li. 02 s. -00 more for repaires thereof That later end of King Iohn's raign being very troublesome in respect that divers of the Barons rebell'd against him was doubtless the reason wherefore the King bestow'd such cost in building and repaires here about that time for it was then garrison'd with Souldiers Raph de Normanvill being sent thither by the King as a principall Officer yet to be under the command of the before-mentioned W. de Cantilupe the Kings Steward and Governour thereof the Kings son being there then for safety as it

Cap. 13 Martii 1430. Pr. Conv. de Kenilworth Will. Bradley Pbr. 14 Oct. 1430. Pr. Conv. de Kenilworth Tho. Plunchon Pbr. 20. Sept. 1433. Pr. Conv. de Kenilworth Ric. Gaydon Pbr. 1 Iunii 1445. Pr. Conv. de Kenilworth Ric. Spycer Cap. 23 Oct. 1453. Pr. Conv. de Kenilworth D. Adam Stapull Cap. 15 Iunii 1500. Walt. Smyth miles Henr. Porter gener ratione concess Pr. Conv. de Kenilw. D. Tho. Parker Cap. penult Oct. 1542. Tho. Leigh miles Rog. Barker Cler. ...... 1565. D. Alicia Leigh relicta Tho. Leigh militis Rog. Vicars Cler. 29 Martii 1572. D. Alicia Leigh relicta Tho. Leigh militis Henr. Beriche Cler. 4. Aug. 1575. D. Alicia Leigh relicta Tho. Leigh militis Math. Croket Cler. 8. Maii 1581. Alicia Leigh generosa Martinus de Laene 15 Aug. 1586. Tho. Leigh miles Timoth de Lene 6 Ian. 1610. Bericote ON the South side of Avon but in the parish of Ashow lyes Bericote but long since depopulated Which name may seem to have had its original from the ascent it stood upon Berg with the Saxons signifying a little hill and cote the same with domus as is commonly known In the Conq. time Turchil de Warwick whose father Alwin● possest it before the Norman invasion held it by his under-tenant named Tonne it then containing 2 hydes there being a Mill rated at 4 s. and the whole value of all xl s. But soon after though I have not seen how it came to the Crown and therein continued till H. 2. time Which King enfeoffed one Boscher his servant thereof with the said Mill and other the appurtenances by the service of keeping a white Brache with red ears to be delivered unto the K. at the years end and then to receive another to breed up together with half a quarter of bran From which Boscher it descended to Henry his son and heir who granted it unto Steph. de Segrave Which Stephen bestowed it on the Monks of Stoneley reserving C s. yearly rent to be paid to him and his heirs for ever But this Annuity did Gilbert the son and heir to the said Steph. release to them in augmentation of one Monk more to be added unto that Covent In 7 E. 1. I find that the said Monks of Stoneley had 13 Cottyers and 3 Free-holders here with a wood containing 4 acres inclosed in the nature of a Park After which it became depopulated● though when I know not for in 33 H. 8. here was nothing left but a Grange which being by the K. 9 Feb. the same year granted to Charls Brandon D. of Suff. the said D. soon after past away to Math. Wrottesley Esq and his heirs Which Mathew together with Anth. Foster Esq sold it 4 Martii 3. E. 6. unto Tho. Marrow the elder of Rudfyn Esq who in 2 3 Ph. M. alien'd it to Iohn Harreyoung Gent. of whom it was purchased 20 Oct. 24 Eliz. by Tho. Leigh Esq but afterwards Kt. and Bar. and Katherine his wife and so is descended to Tho. Lord Leigh his grandson the present possessor thereof Chesford-Bridge A Little below is Chesford-Bridge which being in decay the towns of Kenilworth Wotton● Hull Milverton Asho Cobington Lillington Lemington-Priors and Radford were presented before the Justices Itinerant by the Hundred of Knightlow in 13 E. 1. for the not repair of it but in 6 E. 2. the Jury upon their Verdict discharg'd them judgement being given that the Abbot of Combe ought to repair it Howbeit in 26 E. 3. it was found upon a trial that the ground on neither side the Bridge did belong to the Abby of Combe and that the same Abbot ought not to repair the ends thereof his predecessors never having done it nor of right ought to amend any more than 2 Arches with that part of the Bridge standing out of the stream and that neither those two Arches nor the other part out of the Water-course were at that time in decay But in 43 E. 3. it appears that the Abbot of Combe being again questioned could say nothing in his defence for the not repairing it there being an Arch then broken wherefore the Shiriff had command to distrain him thereunto Wootton vulgo Leek-Wotton ABout a mile below Ashow there falls into Avon a torrent called Holbroke which hath its head from the great Pool in Wedgnock-park On the top of the Hill Southwards of this brook stands Wotton that antiently included Milberton Leminton Asho Lillinton and Cobinton within its parish which now are all distinct Mother-Churches but for the present containeth onely Heathe Woodcote Hill vulgarly called Hill-Wotton and Wedgnock-Park whereof I will speak in their order Touching Wotton it self I find that in the Conq. time Rog. de Montgomeri E. of Shrewsbury possest it one Outti holding it under him whose Free-hold it was before the Norman invasion and that it contained then 3 hydes having a Mill rated at 2 s. which is now called Guyes-Cliff-Mill the woods thereof being two miles in length and one in bredth all valued at C s. But in Doomsday-book it is written Quatone which I conceive to be in reference to the situation thereof amongst woods the word coit in the British signifying a wood with which agreeth the modern English appellation viz. Wotton the d being changed into t for the more smooth pronunciation That the said Roger and his posterity lost all for their Rebellion I have manifested in Wolston so that this being in the hands of K. H. 1. was inter alia given to Geffrey de Clinton who upon his foundation of the Priory at Kenilworth gave thereunto the Church of this town and 1 hyde of land Which grant of his had been greater but that he reserved part of the woods to be afforested to enlarge his Park of Kenilworth But the rest Geffrey Salvage had and very probably by the grant of the same Geffrey it being a whole Kts. fee of which G. Salvage and his descendants I have already spoke in Baginton who had much ado to hold it as it seems for in 2 R. 1. Richard de Frevill then Lord of Wolston impleaded him for it And in 7 R. 1. he was constrain'd to come to an Agreement with Tho. de Arderne about it who then levyed a Fine thereof to him Nay in 2 Ioh. Henry de Armentiers had suits with him for it who claim'd it in right of Isabell his grandmother alledging that she was seized thereof in H. 2. time and that by David de Armentiers her son it so descended to him the said Henry Whereunto Geffrey answered ● that being in the K. service beyond Sea he had protection for which he paid a Fine at his passage to the end he might not be impleaded in his absence whereupon he was then discharged But it