The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated from records, leiger-books, manuscripts, charters, evidences, tombes, and armes : beautified with maps, prospects and portraictures / by William Dugdale.

KINETON HUNDRED.

LEame having thus past Le∣minton parish, meets with A∣von, which by its conjun∣ction is made a very fair stream, and entring Kine∣ton-Hundred glides on gent∣ly South westwards. But be∣fore I proceed to take notice of the observable places situat on the banks of this River, I must, in pursuance of my order, speak of the Hundred it self•• which takes its appellation from a town of that name lying about the midst thereof.

The first mention of this Hundred, that I meet with, is in 16 H. 2. but then had it the name of Sipesoc••a d•• Chinton and answered xl s. pro placitis concelat••s: concerning the interpretation of which word, (••c. S••••esorba) I have in my discourse of Knightlow and Hemlingford Hundreds delivered my conj••cture.) Y••t before the end of that Ks. r••ign it was called Hundred. d•• Kinton: for I find, that K. H. 2. granted it by that name, to Walter the ••on of Thurstane de Cherlecote and his heirs, in F••e-ferm, for xl s. yearly Rent; viz. xx s. at the feast of S. Mich. the Arch. Angell, and xx s. at the Annunciation of our Lady, but in what year this was appears not, their Charters of that time being seldom dated.

How it comes to pass, that this Walter de Cherle∣cote, or his son continued not long fermours thereof, I know not: but in K. Iohn's time it appears , that there was accounted xxi. marks for the ferm of it; lxi s. iv d. for the profit of the Leet belonging thereto; x li. for the Shiriffs Aid, and viii s. viii d. for Warth-money: yet in 6 H. 3. upon an Inspex: of K. H. 2. Charter, the then Shiriff of this County, sc. Will. de Cantilupe, had command to render the said ferm to Will. de Lucy (who was heir unto the before specified Walter de Cherlecote.) But it was not long after this, that the K. had it again in his own hands: for in 21 H. 3. Will. de Lucy being Shiriff of this County & Leicester-shire accounted for the ferm thereof xii li. xviii s. v d. For the Shiriffs Aid within the same ix l. x s. For the profit of the Leet be∣longing thereto xlvii s. and for Warth-money viii s. iii d. And in 54 H. 3. the ferm thereof was demi∣sed to Ric. de Herci during the K. pleasure, (it being valued at xxiv. marks per ann.) paying for the same as much as others who had formerly the benefit thereof, had wont to do, with C s. more by way of increase. Which Richard being in 2 E. 1. ejected from his custody thereof by Will. Morteyn, then Shiriff made his complaint to the K. that the said Shiriff, had committed the same to one Henry Mile, who accounted less for it than he the said Ric. did. Whereupon the Shiriff had command to render it again to him unless he could shew good cause to the contrary.

After this; viz. in 4 E. 1. it was certified to be in the K••ngs hands. And in 10 E. 2. Thomas de Blaunkfront had a grant of the ferm of it, to hold during the Kings pleasure, rendring to the said King into his Exchequer as much as formely had used to be payd; So likewise had t Iohn de Wal••ham in 4 E. 3. the whole profits thereof in 41 E. 3. amounting u to xv li. xviii s. ix d. per ann. viz. for the ferm viii li. for the profits of the Leet (scil. the Common Fine) vii li. xix s. viii d. and for Warth-money vi s. v d. as appeareth by the particulars from each village: but the severall towns, within the compass thereof, which do now owe suit to the Hundred Court, are no more than these, Shotswell, Warmington, Stretton super Fosse, part of Wellesburne, Orhill, Aven-Dasset, Mollington, Halford, Barton on the Heath, Ratley, Farnborough and Ayleston.

This is all that is worthy regard touching this Hundred in generall, the custody whereof hath been in the Shiriff, for the time being, ever since. I now return to the River Avon.

Notes

• Rot. P. 16. H. 2.
• Ex autog. ••enès Tho. Lucy eq. ••ur.
• Lib. rub. f. 33. b.
• Claus. 6. H. 3. m. 5.
• Rot. pe∣••ès Camer. ••cacc.
• Pat. 54 H. ••. m. 15.
• Esc. 54 H. ••. n. 28.
• Rot. F. 2 ••. 1. m. 26.
• Inq. penès ••••m. Scacc.
• ••ot. F. 10. ••••. m. 4.
• t

  Rot. F. 4. E 3. m. 4.
• u

  Rot. penès Cam. Scacc.