Cound was held by Earl Morcar before the Conquest, and by Reginald the Sheriff from Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1086. It was assessed at 4½ hides and there were 2 mills and woodland sufficient for 50 pigs. Reginald's successors were the FitzAlans. In 1240 Cound was one of the manors specified in the dowry of Hawise de Blaneminster, widow of John FitzAlan, and another of the same name held the manor in 1255. It passed by marriage to Philip Burnel, who died in 1294, and by the early 14thc it was again in the halnds of the Fitzalans, Earls of Arundel.