HOLDERS OF LANDS 



ton] ^ which King Edward held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for i hide. This i6 ploughs tan till. 

 Thereof the king has i virgate in demesne and 

 I plough, and the villeins have 3 virgates and 

 14 ploughs. There the king has 21 villeins, 

 10 bordars, 3 serfs, 6 beasts, and i mill paying 

 40 pence a year, 10 acres of coppice, 36 of 

 meadow, and 200 acres of pasture. It pays 

 yearly n pounds and 10 shillings weighed and 

 assayed {ad combustionem). The aforesaid manor 

 has a church to which belongs ^ virgate.^ 

 Worth 5 shillings. 



The king has a manor called Alsemuda 

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

 How many hides are there is not known because 

 it never paid geld. This 12 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof the king has in demesne half a plough 

 and the villeins 6 ploughs. There the king has 

 8 villeins, 1 2 bordars, 4 serfs, 1 8 sheep, 1 6 goats, 

 8 acres of coppice, 1 6 acres of meadow, and pas- 

 ture I league in length by 4 furlongs in breadth. 



fol.Ssb. 



It pays yearly 8 pounds by weight and i mark 

 of silver. 



The king has a manor called Ermentona 

 [Ermington] * which Ansger [Exch. Asgar) the 

 hunchback {contractus) held T.R.E., and it paid 

 geld for 3 hides. This 20 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof the king has I hide and 3 ploughs in 

 demesne, and the villeins have 2 hides and 17 

 ploughs. There the king has 16 villeins, 36 

 bordars, 10 serfs, 50 sheep, 12 goats, i saltern, 

 wood(land) 2 leagues in length by \ in breadth, 

 and 8 acres of meadow. It pays 13 pounds 

 and 10 shillings yearly weighed and assayed 

 {ad combustionem). 



This is by way of exchange for Badendone 

 [Bampton]. 



The count of Mortain has a manor called 

 Ferdendel [Fardle] which Godfrey holds of him, 

 which T.R.E. paid by custom 30 pence to the 

 --king's manor of Hermentona [Ermington], 

 besides other customary dues payable to the 

 hundred ; but since King William has reigned 

 the aforesaid customary dues have been withheld 

 from the king's manor. Reginald holds a manor 

 of the count of Mortain called Dunitona 

 [Dinnaton] which T.R.E. used to pay 30 pence 

 by custom to the king's manor of Ermentone 

 [Ermington], besides the other customary dues 

 to the hundred, but they have been kept back 



' The hundred-manor of Colyton. GeldroU, fol. 

 6U, A, I. 



" Possibly Tudhayes in Colyton, afterwards held 

 by Polsloe Priory, and described in Inq. p.m. 34 Edw. 

 I, No. 147, as consisting of i messuage and 3 fer- 

 lings of land. 



' The hundred-manor of Axmouth. Geldroll, 

 fol. 6Si. 



* Ermington manor in the hundred of ' AUeriga ' or 

 Ermington. Geldroll, fol. 70. 



since King William got the land. Reginald holds 

 a manor of the count of Mortain called 

 Dunitona [Dinnaton] which T.R.E. paid 30 

 pence by custom to the king's manor of Ermen- 

 tona [Ermington], besides the other customary 

 dues to the hundred ; but since King William 

 received the kingdom both the customary dues 

 and the pence have been withheld. Also from 

 Bradeforda [Broadford], one of the count's 

 manors which Reginald {Raginal) holds of the 

 count, the customary dues as well as the 30 

 pence have been withheld from the aforesaid 

 king's manor. And from Ludebroca [South 

 Ludbrook], which Reginald holds of the count, 

 the 30 pence and the customary dues to the 

 hundred have been withheld from the aforesaid 

 king's manor. Raginal {sic). 



The king has a manor called Auetona 

 [Awton]^ which Ansgar {Exch. Asgar) the hunch- 

 back held T.R.E., and it paid geld for 6 hides. 

 These 24 ploughs can till. Thereof the king 

 has 2^ hides and 2 ploughs in demesne, and the 

 villeins have 7,^ hides and 24 ploughs. Thereof 

 {sic) There the king has 25 villeins, 22 

 bordars, 9 serfs, i saltern, 120 sheep, 20 

 goats, 30 acres of wood(land), 5 acres of meadow 

 and 30 of pasture. It pays 14 pounds and 

 1 shillings a year. 



And these two aforesaid manors are (held) in 

 exchange for Badentone [Bampton]. 



The king has a manor called Depeforda 

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

 and it paid geld for 3 virgates. These 10 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has i virgate and 



1 plough in demesne, and the villeins have 



2 virgates and 8 ploughs. There the king has 

 8 villeins, 7 bordars, 4 serfs, 8 beasts, 31 sheep, 

 2 acres of meadow and 1 2 of pasture. It pays 

 7 pounds and 5 shillings by weight ; when 

 Baldwin received it 100 shillings by weight. 



fol. 86. 



To this manor a manor called Ferleia {Exch. 

 Ferlie) [Farley] ' was added in the time of 

 William de Walville, which a certain thane 

 held in parage {pariter ; Exch. libere) T.R.E., 

 and he was free fo go to whomsoever he would. 

 It paid geld for i virgate. There he has 2 vil- 

 leins and 5 bordars who have i plough. It 

 contributes yearly to the above-named farm-rent 

 10 shillings by weight. 



The king has a manor called Alvintona 

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



° Blackawton in the hundred of Colridge. Geld- 

 roll, fol. 6<)b. 



^ The hundred-manor of Diptford or Stanborough. 

 See Geldroll, fol. 69*. 



' Farley in Diptford, in Stanborough hundred. 



^ West Alvington in the hundred of Stanborough. 

 The assessment on the king and the villeins together 

 falls short of the total by i virgate, which probably 

 represents Combe Royal, an outlier separated by the 

 borough of Kingsbridge. (O. J. R.) 



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