Knightlow Hundred
Hundred in the County of Warwickshire
Historical Forms
- Hundr. de Knictelawe 1221,1232 Fees
- Knychtelawe 1221 Ass
- Cniktelewe 1232 ib
- Knyghtelawe 1262 1281 Pat
- Knytelawe 1271 Ipm
- Bomelau 1086 DB
- Brinkelawe 1174,1187 P 1227 Fees
- Brinkelawah'dr 1175,1179,1190,1201,1204 P
- Brinkelewe 1195 ib
- Leet of Brinklow 16th BM
- Mereton(e) 1086 DB 1174,1179,1190 P
- Mareton 1178,1182 ib
- Mettone ib.
- Mertone 1188,1194 ib
- Leta Mertone in Hundr' Knyg' 1327,1332 SR
- Spelestowe t.Hy3 BirmDeed
- Stanlei(e) 1086 DB
- Hund. de Stanley 1315 Nott
- Leta Stonleye in hundr' Knygth 1327 SR
Etymology
Further forms are needless. 'Hill or barrow of the cnihts or young warriors,' v. cniht , hlaw . The meeting-place was at Knightlow Hill in Ryton on Dunsmore parish infra 179. In 1232 (Ass ) the hundred is described as a 'Wapentac,' v. Introd. xxiv, n. For Sipe Socha v. Introd. xix.
Parishes in this Hundred
Parish
- Bedworth
- Chapel Ascote
- Church Lawford
- Churchover
- Clifton upon Dunsmore
- Copston Magna and Parva
- Cosford
- Coundon
- Coventry
- Cubbington
- Dunchurch
- Easenhall
- Eathorpe
- Exhall (juxta Coventry)
- Foleshill
- Frankton
- Grandborough
- Harborough Magna
- Harbury
- Hillmorton
- Hodnell
- Hunningham
- Hydes Pastures
- Stivichall
- Stockton
- Stoke and Biggin
- Stoneleigh
- Stretton Baskerville
- Stretton on Dunsmore
- Stretton under Fosse
- Thurlaston
- Ufton
- Upper and Lower Shuckburgh
- Upper Shuckburgh
- Walsgrave on Sowe
- Wappenbury
- Watergall
- Weston under Wetherley
- Whitnash
- Wibtoft
- Willenhall
- Willey
- Willoughby
- Wills Pastures
- Allesley
- Ansty
- Arley
- Ashow
- Baginton
- Bilton
- Binley
- Birdingbury
- Bishops Itchington
- Brandon and Bretford
- Brinklow
- Brownsover
- Bubbenhall
- Bulkington
- Burton Hastings
- Combe Fields
- Lillington
- Little Lawford
- Long Itchington
- Long Lawford
- Lower Shuckburgh
- Marton
- Milverton
- Monks Kirby
- Napton on the Hill
- Newbold on Avon
- Offchurch
- Pailton
- Princethorpe
- Radbourne
- Radford Semele
- Rugby
- Shilton
- Southam
- Astley
- Bourton on Dunsmore
- Kenilworth
- Keresley
- Kings Newnham
- Ladbroke
- Leamington Hastings
- Leamington Spa
- Leek Wootton
- Newton
- Ryton on Dunsmore
- Withybrook
- Wolfhampcote
- Wolston
- Wolvey
- Wyken