SOLIHUL, (Warwickshire) bet. Alchurch and Meriden, had a charter granted by Henry III. for a Mt. on W, long since disused,
and a Fair on St. Alphege's-day, changed in the R. of Edward II. to Lammas-day. The Lp. part of which once bel. to the
friars at Thelesford, anciently bel. to the Odingsels; and after having passed through many hands, came by purchase to the
Throckmortons, one of whom, for 1080 l. sold it in the R. of James I. to Edm. Hawes and Humphry Coles. We find that, anno
1631, Sir Richard Greaves, to whom it was conveyed by Samuel Marrow, had a confirmation of the Mt. and Fair here, by a
privy-seal in the tower, and he sold this manor to Sir Simon Archer of Tamworth,