A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



ploughs can till with all that belongs thereto. 



fol. 84. 



There the king has in demesne 3 ploughs and 

 the villeins 33 ploughs. On it [In ed) the king 

 has 45 villeins, 31 bordars, 15 serfe ; also 20 

 sheep, 3 mills paying 20 shillings a year, 4 acres 

 of wood (land), 50 of meadow, 200 of pasture. 

 It is worth 40 pounds a year weighed and 

 assayed [ad pondus et arsuram). 



The king has a manor called Hamihoc 

 [Hemyock] ^ which King Edward held T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for i virgate. This 1 2 ploughs 

 can till. There the king has i plough in 

 demesne and the villeins 9. There he has 12 

 villeins, 12 bordars, 7 serfs, also 2 beasts, 40 

 sheep, 8 furlongs of wood(land), 16 acres of 

 meadow, and pasture 2 leagues in length by i J 

 in breadth. It pays 6 pounds by weight. When 

 Baldwin received it it was paying the same. 



The king has a manor called Bodeleia [Exch. 

 Bodelie) [Budleigh] ^ which King Edward held 

 TiR.E., and it paid geld for J hide. This 13 

 ploughs can till. There the king has 1 6 villeins 

 who have 1 2 ploughs ; there also he has 20 

 bordars, 10 swineherds, 4 serfs, 2 beasts, 12 sheep, 

 20 acres of wood{land), 5 of meadow, and loO 

 of pasture. It pays 10 pounds by weight; 

 when Baldwin received it the same. 



The king has a manor called Teintona 

 [Teignton] ' which King Edward held T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for i hide and i virgate. This 

 16 ploughs can till. Thereof the king has i 

 virgate and i plough in demesne, and the vil- 

 leins I hide and 12 ploughs. There the king 

 has 14 villeins, 30 bordars, 3 serfs, 30 sheep, 



fol. 84b. 



1 5 acres of wood(land), and 4 of meadow. It 

 pays 14 pounds by weight and 10 shillings by 

 tale. When Baldwin received it it was paying 

 10 pounds by weight. 



The king has a manor called Alseministra 

 [Axminster] ^ which King Edward held T.R.E. 

 How many hides are there is not known because 

 it never paid geld, but the land can be tilled by 

 40 ploughs. Thereof the king has 2 ploughs in 

 demesne and the villeins 18. There the king 

 has 30 villeins, 20 bordars, 4 serfe, 2 beasts, 50 

 sheep, 2 mills paying 10 shillings, 100 acres of 

 coppice, 30 of meadow, and 100 of pasture. It 

 pays 26 pounds a year weighed and assayed [ad 

 pondus et ad arsuram). When Baldwin received 

 it the same. 



' The hundred-manor of Hemyock. 



' The hundred-manor of East and West Budleigh. 



' The hundred-manor of Teignbridge. 



* The hundred-manor of Axminster. Axminster 

 was one of the manors bequeathed by King Alfred 

 to his younger son. Kemble, Cod. Dipl. ii, 1 1 2, No. 

 314. 



The count of Mortain has a manor called 

 HoNETONA [Honiton] which T.R.E. paid 30 

 pence a year to the king's manor of Axminster, 

 but since the count has had it it has ceased to 

 pay. Ralf de Pomeria has a manor called 

 EsMAURiGE [Smallridge] which T.R.E. paid 30 

 pence a year to the aforesaid manor, but for the 

 last twelve years Ralf has withheld them. 

 William Capra has a manor called Manberia 

 [Membury] which likewise paid 30 pence a year 

 to the same royal manor, but William has with- 

 held them for the last twelve years. The bishop 

 of Coutances has a manor called Cherletona 

 [Charton] which paid 15 pence a year to the 

 aforesaid manor T.R.E., but since the bishop has 

 held it it has never paid. The canons of St. 

 Mary of Rouen have a manor called Rouerige 

 [Rawridge] which T.R.E. paid 30 pence a year 

 to the aforenamed royal manor, but for the last 

 eighteen years they have withheld this customary 

 due. And to this manor has been added a certain 

 other manor called Deneord [Deanworth],^ 

 which Ailrich [Exch. Alric) held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for 2 virgates. These i^ ploughs can 

 till. There the king has 2 villeins and i bordar. 

 It contributes 10 shillings a year to the above- 

 named manor. Also in Axminster itself is another 

 manor called Odescliva [Undercleave],* which 

 Eddric the cripple [mancus) held in alms of King 

 Edward, and now the same Eddric's son Edward 

 holds it of King William, and it pays geld for i 

 virgate. This i plough can till. There Edward 

 has 2 villeins and i bordar who have i plough. 

 Worth 5 shillings a year. 



To the church of Axminster \ hide of the 

 land of this manor belongs.' This 2 ploughs can 

 till, and they are there, as also 12 bordars. 

 Worth 20 shillings a year. 



fol. 85. 



The king has a manor called Carsewilla^ 

 [Exch. Carsewella) [Kerswell] which King 

 Edward held T.R.E., and it paid geld for \\ 

 hides. This 17 ploughs can till. Thereof the 

 king has \\ virgates and i plough in demesne, 

 and the villeins i hide and 16 ploughs. There 

 the king has 16 villeins, 33 bordars, 3 serfs, 120 

 sheep, 20 acres of wood(land), and g of meadow. 

 It pays 14 pounds by weight ; when Baldwin 

 received it the same. Also to the church of this 

 township [y'tlki) belongs \ virgate of land.' 



The king has a manor called Culitona [Coly- 



^ Probably the \ hide given to the abbey of Bee and 

 held by the prior of Goldclive in 1338, i.e. Mem- 

 bury Goldclive in Membury. See Add. MSS. 28649, 

 p. 491 ; Inq. p.m. 11 Edw. Ill, No. 26 (O.J.R.) ; 

 or Uphay (T.W.W.). See fol. 503. 



° Hodesclive alias Undercleave in Axminster and 

 Membury. See fol. 503. 



' Priestaller in Axminster. 



' The hundred-manor of Kerswell or Haytor. 



' Kingskerswell Church manor. 



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