Information for record number MWA2878:
Site of probable Hundred Meeting Place on Motslow Hill

Summary The site of a Medieval meeting place. The site is likely to be the area around Motslow Hill situated 300m south of the church at Stoneleigh.
What Is It?  
Type: Mound, Moot
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stoneleigh
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 33 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The tenants of Stoneleigh called Sokemen, were compelled every three weeks to do their suit at the King's Court held for the manor, upon a place called Motslow Hill, on the south side of the river, opposite the church.
2 Motslow Hill is mentioned in 1260 and later. This may have been used as the Hundred Meeting. There is an artificial mound here 275m SSW of the church.
3 Motslow Hill is centred at SP3372 and there is a possible mound on the site (PRN 5291).
4 The mound may be related to quarrying activity in the area marked on OS 1st edition (1880s) onwards. However the area for the Hundred Meeting Place is likely to be this general area of Motslow Hill.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Antiquities of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Dugdale W
Date: 1730
Page Number: 1056
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Bibliographic reference
Author/originator: EPNS
Date: 1936
Page Number: 184
Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: 1st edition 1:2500
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1882-1889
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 29NE1
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1967
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 29NE1
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ARTIFICIAL MOUND * An artificial hill constructed in Tudor gardens, especially, to provide a good view. back
monument MANOR * An area of land consisting of the lord's demesne and of lands from whose holders he may exact certain fees, etc. back
monument MOOT * An outdoor meeting place. back
monument MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back

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