A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



is said to have half a mill, probably because Feniton had an equal share in 

 it, though the record does not say so. Of two mills, one at Tavistock 

 (fol. 176), the other at Stoke Fleming (fol. 3481^), it is said that they are 

 ' for the use of the house,' but most of them must have been for the use of 

 outsiders also, which probably accounts for their difference in value. The 

 most valuable mill was one at Columb John, which is returned as worth 25J. 

 Three others, those at Broad Clyst, Barnstaple, and Hazel Barton, are stated 

 to be worth 20s. each. One at Cornworthy was worth 15J. ; those at 

 Cowick, Exwick, Bampton, Ottery Mohun, Gittisham, and Broadhembury 

 were worth loj. each. One at Upton Pyne was worth 8j. ; several were 

 worth ys. 6J., viz. those at Woodbury, Colyton Raleigh, Honiton, Denson. 

 The three at Hairidge and one at Okehampton were worth 6s. 8d. each. 

 The greater number are worth 5J. or less, for instance the two at Axminster, 

 the two at Holcombe Rogus, the two at UfFculme, and the one each at 

 Kilmington, Culmstock, Bovey Tracey, Bickleigh, Kentisbeare, Dotton, Wol- 

 borough, Musbury, Bradninch, Tale, Buckerell, Huxham, Smallridge, Culm 

 Davy, and Widworthy ; while others are returned as only worth 50^/. 

 (Kenton, Talaton, Powderham), 40^/. (Willand, Colyton, Bishop's Nympton, 

 Payhembury), 30^. (Crediton, Kenn, Clayhidon, Culm Pyne, Oakford, 

 Ogwell Malston, Newton St. Cyres), 20^. (Nymet Rowland, Upottery), 15^. 

 (Cliston Hayes), 8^. (Petton, Diptford), and one at Hatherleigh only"6d'. 

 That at Lyn is stated to be a new mill. 



The salt industry was an important one. Before the discovery of 

 modern methods it was carried on by evaporating brine in sheds called salterns 

 {salinae). The late Mr. Davidson explained the process as carried on in Devon 

 in the eleventh century. ^ More recently Dr. Round has supplied a Scotch- 

 man's account of a somewhat similar process. ^ Mr. Davidson showed from 

 documentary evidence the existence of salterns at Teignmouth some twenty 

 years before the Conquest. " These, no doubt, are the twenty-four salterns at 

 the bishop's ' Teintona,' which the record refers to as paying i os. Salterns 

 are also mentioned in twenty-three other manors. At Ermington and 

 Blackawton, at Ashprington, Woodford, Netherton, Buckland Monachorum, 

 and South Lob, were salterns, but their value is not stated. At Northam 

 were two paying loj. ; appendant to Honiton, and probably situate at Beer 

 by Seaton, were four worked by two saltworkers. At Beer Ferris and Alston 

 were seven paying loj. ; at Orcherton one paying ^s.>\ at Tamerton Foliott 

 one paying 5J. At HoUacombe were three saltworkers paying 3J. <)d. 

 besides five seams of salt ; at Otterton thirty-three saltworkers ; at Lower 

 Holcombe four paying 6s. ^d ; at Kenton eight paying 20J. a year. At 

 Sidmouth was one saltern belonging to Ottery St. Mary, at Bigbury one, 

 at Saunton one, each paying 30^!'. ; at Egg Buckland one paying 2 J. ; at 

 Whiteway one paying i2d. ; at Seaton eleven paying iid.; and at Paignton 

 one paying lod. 



There is only a single notice of bee-keeping in Devon, At Lustleigh 

 {Sutreworde, fol. 347) were five honey ers {mellitarii) who paid seven sestiers 

 (sextarii) of honey. No certain conclusion can be arrived at from this 

 entry. Either bee-keeping was so common and taken such small account of 



■ Trans. Devon Assoc, xiii, 113. ' F.C.H. Essex, i, 381. 



' Trans. Devon Assoc, xiii, 109. 



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