152 LANDOWNERS IN CORNWALL, 1165. 



of old or new feoffment; i.e. whether it had existed from the 

 days of Henry I or had arisen since. 



Reginald cle Dunstanville, son of King Henry I, by Sybel 

 Corbet, his concnbine, was, at this time, Earl of Cornwall, and 

 returned the names of twenty persons who composed his Barony, 

 holding in all 215^ knights' fees. The first in the list is the 

 name of — 



1. Ralph de Valletort, who holds 59 knights' fees in 

 Devonshire and Cornwall, (tarn in Devonia, quam in Cornubia). 

 In 1086, the greatest land-holder under the Earl of Moreton was 

 Rainaldus or Reginald, who held 39 manors, including the manor 

 and castle of Trematon. There can be no doubt, says Lysons, 

 that this was Reginald de Valletort, who is known to have 

 possessed the manor and honor of Trematon in the reign of 

 William Rufus ; Harberton, near Totnes, was the head of their 

 Devonshire barony. Ralph was probably grandson of Reginald 

 mentioned above. In a scutage-roll (1196 — 1204), Reginald de 

 Valletort, son, probably, of Ralph, holds 51 fees : in a later 

 scutage-roll (1213 — 1220) he again holds 59 fees, and Alice de 

 Valletort, one fee. 



In 4th Edward I (1275), Roger de Valletort, the last of the 

 family of that name, resigned his right and interest in the manor 

 and castle of Trematon, with the appurtenances, to Richard, 

 Earl of Cornwall. 



In 1289, Roger died, bequeathing his large landed property 

 to his two sisters. Isabel married, first, Alan de Dunstanville ; 

 secondly, Thos. Corbet, Sheriff of Shropshire in 1249. The 

 other sister and co-heir married Pomeroy, of Berry-Pomeroy in 

 Devon, and Tregony castle, Cornwall. In 9th Edward II (1315), 

 Peter Corbet, grandson of Isabel, joined with Henry de Pomeroy 

 in petitioning parliament for the recovery of the manor and 

 honor of Trematon, alleging that when the said Roger made the 

 deed of gift in favour of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, he was not 

 compos mentis. In 1327, Corbet and Pomeroy renewed their suit; 

 but apparently without success. In 1339, Henry de Pomeroy, 

 in consideration of an annuity of £40, released to Edward the 

 Black Prince all right and title, as heir of Roger de Valletort, to 

 the honor and castle of Trematon. 



