1175 "Eluredus Walur" appears in the first column of a list of 365 names on MS 39 in the library at St. John's College, Oxford. The two end leaves, one sheet of parchment, each have four columns of names which are thought to be persons belonging to the town of Newark in Nottingham, arranged by street, perhaps the basis for a tallage about 1175. The amount listed for Eluredus is "xvi. et o. pro t" and about half the names have no sum listed. [H.W. Barley, ed., with contributions from W. H. Stevenson and Kenneth Cameron, Documents Relating to the Manor and Soke of Newark-on-Trent, Thoroton Society Record Series, Vol. XVI. Nottingham: Derry and Sons, Ltd, 1956].
The authors provide the following comments: "Alfred le Walur and Adelicia his wife made numerous grants to Rufford Abbey, and Alfred witnessed others, including one by Beatrice de Muscamp, wife of Malger de Stanton; one by Geoffrey de Stanton; another by Adalicia wife of James de Chelum which was also witnessed by Maurice of Kelham, who was dead by 1177. He made an agreement with Rufford regarding 14 acres of land in Hockerton which is dated 1183; Harl. 1063, folios 45 b, 75 b, 93. On f. 63 he is described as of Newark. Another charter which he witnessed, and which is before 1184, is printed by Stenton in Danelaw Documents, p. 267."
The grants to the monks of Ruffod by the family of Alured le Walur of Newark and Hockerton in Nottingham and his wife Adelina are discussed and transcribed in Rufford Charters (Vol. I-IV), edited by C. J. Holdsworth, presents transcriptions and analysis of these grants. [Thoroton Society Record Series, Vol. XXIX, 1972; XXX, 1974; XXXII, 1980; and XXXIV, 1981 (Index)]
In her discussion of the grants to Rufford, Holdsworth writes, "few of the early grants to Rufford were unencumbered with services or rents of one kind or another. Alured le Walur gave the land in fee, in consideration of eight shillings which the monks gave him, at an annual rent of six shillings 'et forinseca servicia'. This rent was reduced some years later by his wife in return for a substantial 'bribe' (172), but it was not until half a century after the original grant that Alured's grand-daughters finally remitted the whole of it (174, 175) and the terms of their confirmation of the land still burden the monks with forinsec service. Alured's original grant and his wife's charter suggest that the land was part of her dowry which she had brought him as a daughter of a Basilia of Hockerton whose approval had to be sought before Alured could grant the land. The casual way Basilia's husband is referred to by Alured and the way his wife omits all reference to her father in her charter suggest that women still held a very significant status, and that one is dealing here with the descendants of some Saxon sokeman who was overlooked in the survey made in 1086. A survey made in Newark towards the end of the twelfth century shows that Alured held property there and it is interesting to find that witnesses from the town heard his wife agree to his grant (180). Alured's grant was made known by a document issued in the name of the chapter of Southwell, a form used in two other early grants in this village (178, 179). ... A further indication of the difference between Alured le Walur and his wife is provided by the fact that whereas his grant was made known by Southwell, and not otherwise, she issued a charter in her own name." [p. 83-84]
Documents in the Nottinghamshire Archives concerning these grants mention Alured le Walur, his wife Adelina, sons John and Milo, grandson Henry (son of John) and granddaughters Adelicia and Margaret (daughters of Milo). [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/default.aspx]
Documents included in Rufford Charters also mention William and Walter le Walur and a William Waller living in the thirteenth century. From these and related documents, Thoroton constructed a pedigree of the le Walur family. [Thoroton's history of Nottinghamshire: republished, with large additions, by John Throsby, and embellished with picturesque and select views of seats of the nobility and gentry, towns, village churches and ruins, Vol. 3, Published by J. Throsby, 1790, based on Robert Thoroton (1623-1678), The antiquities of Nottinghamshire, extracted out of records, original evidences, leiger-books other manuscripts, and authentic authorities. Beautified with maps, prospects, and portraitures.] Thoroton's pedigree is as follows: Basilia de Hockerton=Gumbertus-->Adelina=Alured le Walur-->Johannes le Walur-->Henricus le Walur-->Willielmus le Walur-->Walterus le Walur-->Henricus le Walur=Alicia. He lists siblings Robertus and Milo for Johannes, siblings Henricus and Agatha=de Stokes for Walterus, daughters Alicia and Margareta for Milo, and children Johannes de Stokes and Magota for Agatha. The pedigree shows William as a descendant but not necessarily the son of the Henry who was the grandson of Alured and Adelina.
Summaries of Documents in the Nottinghamshire Archives:
DD/SR/102/13 nd [c 1146 - 1166]
Deed of the Chapter of Suella [Southwell] witnessing the grant by Aluredus le Walur to the fraternity of Rufordia of 2 bovates of land in Hocretunia etc in return for 8s 0d and an annual rent of 6s 0d
DD/SR/102/33 1176 - 1184
Confirmation by William de Bella Aqua in return for 30 lambs of an agreement made between the monks of Rufford and Adeline wife of Aluredus le Walur de Neuwerc and Milo her son concerning 2 bovates of land in his fee in Hocertun
DD/SR/102/152 1183
Indenture of Agreement between the monks of Ruford' and John son of Alured le Walur by which John demises 14 acres of arable land in Hocerton' to the monks for 10 years in return for a total rent paid by the monks of 21s 4d.
DD/SR/102/7 nd [c 1180 - 1200]
Exchange and grant by which John le Walur de Hocretona gives the monks of Ruford a coulter in Hocetonia and three acres of another coulter which comprises five in all, and receives in exchange for 15 acres lying east of a wood between Wudehus and Hocet'; and John further gives the remaining two acres from the five in his second coulter in return for an annual rent of 4d
DD/SR/102/24 nd [c 1210 - 1220]
Confirmation by Henry le Walur de Hokuton to the monks of Rufford of a coulter in Hokuton
DD/SR/102/46 nd [c 1200 - 1227]
Confirmation by Henry le Walur de Hokerton son of John le Walur to the monks of Rufford of the exchange made between the monks and John his father relating to lands in Hokerton; moreover he releases a rent of 4d per annum paid by the monks on part of the land concerned
DD/SR/208/66 nd [c 1210 - 1220]
Confirmation of Grant
Hen le Walur of Hockerton to monks of Rufford of cultivation granted by John le Walur in Hockerton
DD/SR/102/39 1212 - 1213
Release by Adelicia and Margaret daughters of Mylo le Walur widows, to the monks of Rufford of an annual rent of 5s 0d paid by the monks on 2 bovates of land etc in Hokerton
DD/SR/102/51 1212 - 1213
Grant by Adelicia and Margaret daughters of Milo le Walur to the monks of Rufford of two bovates of land etc in Hokertona at an annual rent of 5s 0d