In 1086 the abbey of Pershore was holding the manor of Beoley. No under-tenant is mentioned in the Domesday Survey, but in the next century William Beauchamp held these 21 hides under the church of Pershore, and his descendants apparently continued as mesne-lords until they acquired the manor in feec.1265. The abbey of Alcester which was founded in 1140 by Ralph Boteler, received a grant of the church from Geoffrey de Limesi and his mother Hawise, and it was confirmed to them by Henry II.