Excerpt from Shropshire Parish Registers, 1906, Vol. 6: Diocese of Lichfield The manor of Condover belonged in Saxon times to the King, and was the head of the Hundred. Earl Roger de Montgomery became its possessor after the Norman Conquest, and held half the the manor in demesne. In 1086, there were 4 ox-teams employed on seven hides of demesne land, and twelve villeins and a priest employed seven teams on the remaining six hides of the thirteen that had paid Danegeld. Earl Roger had three important tenants holding 6 hides of his manor. Roger Venator, lord of Pulverbatch, held one hide, Osbern (possibly the then baron of Richard's Castle) one, and Elward (perhaps the contemporary tenant of half Stapleton) 4 hides. The Earl gave the tithes of Condover to his new Abbey of Shrewsbury and the monks acquired the manor of Boreton, which had belonged to the Saxon Church of St. Peter at Shrewsbury. The glebe of Condover lay within the parish of Berrington, probably not far from Boreton. The Church in early days had 3 portioners, who made way in time for a rector and a vicar, till in 1324, the Abbey appropriated the rectorial income and left the vicar to work singlehanded on the lesser stipend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.