There was a priest, and presumably a church at Pickwell in 1086; in the Norman period the village was divided between two families, the Camvilles and the Sproxtons, each owning a manor there, and having alternate right of presentation to the church (the Camvilles having priority). Monks Kerby Priory (Warks?) was entitled to take three sheaves annually from John of Sproxton's demesne lands at Pickwell, a grant that probably began in the 11thc. as the priory founder Geoffrey de Wine was also tenant-in- chief of Pickwell at this time (VCH).