CLAVERDON, a parish in the Henley division of
the hundred of BARLICHWAY, county of WARWICK,
3 miles (E. byS.) from Henley in Arden, containing,
with the hamlets of Langley and Pindley, 683 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual
curacy of Norton-Lindsey annexed, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at
£5. 12. 1., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the
Archdeacon of Worcester. The church is dedicated to
St. Michael. John Matthews, about the year 1526, gave
£ 12. 12. per annum for the instruction of children.