The Warreners

The house in the books

• 22 May 1354 Roger Warrener, the lord's warrener, came on Adam Fisher and John Carter at the warren before light, with two coneys out of the lord's warren. They must answer for it at the manor court.
• 13 April 1354 Edith atte Well and Roger Warrener made a loveday at the inn, Beatrice Shepherd standing between them, and drank on it.
• 13 April 1354 Thomas atte Well and Roger Warrener made a loveday, Beatrice Shepherd standing between them, and drank on it. Roger paid 2d damages and 2d for the lord's licence to agree, and Thomas's plea was withdrawn.
• 12 April 1354 Roger Warrener, the lord's warrener, came on Henry Cooper at the warren before light, with a coney out of the lord's warren. He must answer for it at the manor court.
• 8 April 1354 The manor court sat in the hall. Before it: Thomas atte Well asks the lord about rent for the empty holding by the mere; Alan Shepherd asks the lord about meadow ground for hay; Thomas atte Well against Roger Warrener, a pig in the garden; Peter Miller against Stephen Brewer, a furrow over the mere. The steward has put it all to the lord.
• 6 April 1354 Thomas atte Well and Roger Warrener made a loveday, Beatrice Shepherd standing between them, and drank on it. Roger paid 2d for the lord's licence to agree, and Thomas's plea was withdrawn.
• 31 March 1354 Alice Warrener was buried in the churchyard, on the south side.
• 31 March 1354 Alice Warrener, 26, died of a fever.
• 25 March 1354 Alice Warrener is gravely ill with a fever.
• 18 March 1354 The manor court sat in the hall. Before it: Thomas atte Well against Roger Warrener, a furrow over the mere; the Coopers ask the lord's mercy. The steward has put it all to the lord.
• 14 March 1354 Stephen of Ashby, a pilgrim keeping a vow made on a sickbed, walking barefoot to St Thomas, came in from the road and slept by the Warreners's hearth.
• 18 February 1354 Roger Warrener, the lord's warrener, came on Thomas atte Well at the warren before light, with a coney out of the lord's warren. He must answer for it at the manor court.
• 2 February 1354 Isabel of Kingsley saw the steward about what the Warreners need; the old terms stand for another year.
• 13 January 1354 Plough Monday: Adam Brewer, Roger Warrener, Alan Shepherd and Robert Fowler dragged a plough round the houses and collected 1s 2d for the plough-light in church.
• 25 December 1353 Roger Warrener saw the steward about the loan of his oxen for the spring ploughing; the old terms stand for another year.
• 24 December 1353 The manor court sat in the hall. Before it: the ale-tasters' presentments; the Warreners ask the lord's mercy. The steward has put it all to the lord.
• 12 December 1353 Word came by a carter on the road that Joan Brewer's sister Alice has married at Hatherley.
• 18 November 1353 Thomas atte Well is in bed with a bad cough, caught from Amice Warrener.
• 16 November 1353 Roger Warrener is in bed with a bad cough, caught from Amice Warrener.
• 12 November 1353 The manor court sat in the hall. Before it: Adam Brewer against Roger Warrener, a pig in the garden; the ale-tasters' presentments. The steward has put it all to the lord.
• 2 November 1353 Amice went souling at the doors, and the Brewers, Smiths and Coopers gave them soul-cakes for a prayer for their dead.
• 1 October 1353 At the manor court Roger Warrener and Peter Miller were chosen ale-tasters for the year, and Thomas atte Well hayward, and Henry Cooper reeve.
• 11 September 1353 Roger Warrener, the lord's warrener, came on Adam Brewer and Henry Cooper at the warren before light, with two coneys out of the lord's warren. They must answer for it at the manor court.
• 10 September 1353 The manor court sat in the hall. Before it: the merchet for Beatrice Shepherd's marriage; the reeve's presentment: boon-work not done; the ale-tasters' presentments; John of Thornbury against Thomas atte Well, beasts in the corn; Roger Warrener against Thomas atte Well, a pig in the garden. The steward has put it all to the lord.
• 13 July 1353 Roger Warrener, the lord's warrener, came on Peter Miller at the warren before light, with three coneys out of the lord's warren. He must answer for it at the manor court.
• 30 May 1353 Roger Warrener came from Hatherley with his wife Alice and two children, Amice and Margery, and took up the keeping of the lord's warren.