MERSTON-WEAVER'S, (Warwickshire) in the p. of Church-Bickenhill, formerly bel. to the Craftes; one of whom, in the R. of
Rich. I. sold it to Will. de Waver for 40 l. but the estate being forfeited by rebellion, in the R. of Hen. III. the manor
was given to Roger de Somery, Ld. Dudley; to whom, after he had redeemed it, he sold it for 200 marks of silver. His son,
Robert, redeemed it again, and it continued in his line till K. Hen. VI. when John Waver conveyed it to John Catesby of
Lapworth; in whose family it rested till the R. of James I. when John Catesby sold it to Henry Maine of Bovington in
Hertfordshire; from whom it came to John Maine of Elmedon, in 1640.