| WARWICSCIRE | WARWICKSHIRE |
| XVII. THE LAND OF TURCHIL OF WARWICK | Lands of Thorkell Arden |
| IN COLESHELL HUNDRET | in the Hundred of Coleshill. |
| folio 241a - De Turchil tenet Gudmund frater eio PATITONE. | Godmund holds Packington from Thorkell his brother [the king's tenant in chief; great-nephew of Leofric and Godiva]. |
| Ibi sunt iiii hidae. | There are four hides of land [originally liable to furnish 4 warriors in wartime, and equivalent taxes]. |
| Terra est iii carucis | Land for three ploughs [360 acres of arable], |
| In dominio est una | including one plough on the home farm of the lord of the manor; |
| vii villani, viii bordari cum iii carucae | 7 tenant farmers and 8 smallholders with 3 ploughs. |
| Ibi ii molini de ii solidos | There are two water mills yielding 2 shillings annually; |
| x acrae prati | 10 acres of meadow; |
| Silva i leuua longa i lata | Woodland one league long and one wide [1.5 miles x 1.5 miles: 1400 acres], |
| value 20s when exploited. | to the value of 20 shillings when exploited [for timber, firewood, grazing pigs etc] |
| Totius valuit et valet xxx solidos.. | The total annual rent value in 1066 was 30 shillings, and it is the same today. |
| Aluuard tenuit. liber fuit. | Alfward [the sheriff, and Thorkell's father] held it
freehold [at King Edward the Confessor's death].
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| - See more details of Domesday Packington | Until 1900, there were 1110 acres in Little Packington, and 2451 acres in Great Packington - a total of 3561. |
A medieval watermill, with eel-traps
(from the Luttrell Psalter in the British Library)
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