Tredington manor of the bishop of Worcester

In the civil parish of Tredington. In the historic county of Worcestershire (Modern Authority of Warwickshire, 1974 county of Warwickshire).

In 1086 the Bishop of Worcester held 23 hides in Tredington. In 1254 the bishop obtained in this manor a grant of free warren, which was confirmed to him in the following year. In 1351 the bishop complained that though he had infangentheof and outfangentheof in this manor, as in all his other Worcestershire manors, some goods found in the possession of thieves arrested in the manor of Tredington had been taken away by force by other malefactors, so that justice had never been done. In 1409 he again had reason for complaint, as Richard Wych, parson of the church of Tredington, late farmer of the manor of Tredington, with others broke into the manor-house, dovecot and mill at Tredington, carried off the windows with their iron fastenings, sealed the door of the mill, stole the doves, and assaulted the bishop's servants and Simon Colyns, then farmer of the manor. In 1423 the manor of Tredington, with the watermill and fishery, was leased to Richard Cassey, rector of Tredington. (VCH)
It seems probable to me, given that the Rector leased the manor in 1423, that the was no medieval rectory house and that Tredington House, the former rectory, was the site of the bishops manor. Some parts of a fine C15 building are said to be incorporated into the current C19 building.
Was in a detached part of Worcestershire, within Warwickshire.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP256436

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
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Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 2730 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p466
    Dyer, C., 1980, Lords and Peasants in a Changing Society: The Estates of the Bishopric of Worcester, 680-1540 (Cambridge University Press)
    Page, Wm and Willis-Bund, J.W. (eds), 1913, VCH Worcestershire Vol3 p543 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43170
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales [available via http://ethos.bl.uk ]