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Huntingdon; Sir Wm, Pole says by Sir John Amerideth, son 

 of Edward, who purchased the estate. The royalty appears, 

 nevertheless, to have been retained, the manor of Stokenham 

 being now vested in R. W. Newman, Esq., who purchased it 

 of Geo. Cary, Esq., of Torr Abbey." * 



The Hundred Court was anciently held here, and there are 

 some remains of an old building called the Prison, near the 

 church, and the site of an old manor-house. 



Robert Dymond, Esq., E.S.A., has furnished some very 

 curious particulars respecting the manor of Stokenham, 

 "derived from the ancient deeds and documents at Torr 

 Abbey," which he says " have never been published." 



"The Carys, of Torr Abbey and Cockington, were Lords of 

 the manor of Stokenham, from 1608 to the beginning of the 

 present century. The earliest document relating to the 

 manor, which I find among the Torr Abbey papers, is the 

 verdict of the jury at a Manor Court, held 30 Sep 1 '., 5th 

 Henry VII. (1490), in reference to the title to certain lands 

 in 'Wydecombe and Colerige,' held by John Somaster and 

 Margery Littleton, * * * 'and, moreover, the jury say 

 that the said John and Margery and their ancestors, from 

 time immemorial, were seized of a fishery in the Kings' 

 water at the Ley in the manor aforesaid twice a year — once 

 in Lent time, and once before the end of Pentecost. And 

 moreover the jury say that the said John and Margery and 

 their ancestors from time immemorial had, and used to have 

 in the Park of the King at Stokynham, afs d > twice a year, 

 a deer, in the feast of the Nativity of our Lord, and one 

 other deer in the feast of the Nativity of St. John the 

 Baptist, yearly. * * * ' p 



Before the sale to Amerideth it was thought probable 



* Lysons. 



