A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



and it paid geld for i hide. This lo ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has i virgate and 



1 plough in demesne, and the villeins J hide 

 and 5 ploughs. There the king has lo villeins, 



5 bordars, 4 serfs, 42 sheep, and 2 furlongs of 

 wood(land). It pays 7 pounds and 5 shillings 

 by weight ; when Baldwin received it the same. 



The king has a manor called Plintona 

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

 and it paid geld for 2^ hides. These 20 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has i hide and 



2 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins i^ hides 

 and 12 ploughs. There the king has 15 villeins, 

 12 bordars, 6 serfs, 5 beasts, 50 sheep, wood- 

 (land) I league in length by J league in width, 



6 acres of meadow and 20 acres of pasture. It 

 pays 13 pounds and 10 shillings by weight ; 

 when Baldwin received it 12 pounds and 10 

 shillings by weight. 



Independently of these 2j hides {Exch. Over 

 and above this land) the canons of St. Peter of 

 Plympton hold 2 hides.^ These 6 ploughs can 

 till. There the canons have 12 villeins, who 

 have 4 ploughs. They (the hides) are worth 

 35 shillings a year. 



fol. 86b. 



The king has a manor called Elintona 

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

 and it paid geld for 2 J hides. These 20 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has i hide and 

 I plough in demesne, and the villeins i^ hides 

 and 12 ploughs. There the king has 16 villeins, 



9 bordars, 10 serfs, wood(land) 3 furlongs in 

 length and J in width, 6 acres of meadow and 



10 acres of pasture. It pays 12 pounds and 

 10 shillings by weight ; when Baldwin received 

 it the same. 



Also the priests {sacerdotes ; Exch., cleric!) of 

 that township hold i hide of land,* whereof they 

 have 3 virgates and i plough in demesne, and 

 the villeins i virgate and i plough. (They 

 have) 3 villeins, 4 bordars, 2 serfs, 4 beasts, 

 10 swine, 31 sheep, 2 acres of meadow and 

 10 acres of pasture. It is worth 10 shillings, 

 which the king allows them in alms. 



The king has a manor called Wachetona 

 [Walkhampton]' which King Edward held 



' The hundred-manor of Plymholme, including 

 the manor and castle of Plympton Earl and Herdwick 

 in Plympton St. Mary. See GeldroU, fol. 70, A, I. 



' Colbrook and Boringdon in Plympton St. Mary, 

 and Wembury Church manor {Bronescombe Reg. 477; 

 Trans. Devon Assoc, xxx, 290 ; xxxiv, 290). Geld- 

 roU, fol. 70, A, 4. 



' The manor of Yealmpton, in the hundred of 

 Plympton. GeldroU, fol. 70, A, i. 



* Lyneham in Yealmpton ; in the GeldroU, fol. 70, 

 A, 3, ' held by St. Mary of Yealmpton (Alentona),' 

 and administered by the canons of St. Mary (of Old 

 Sarum). Feudal Aids, i, 334. 



' The hundred-manor of Walkhampton or Ro- 

 borough. 



T.R.E., and it paid geld for ^ virgate. This 

 4 ploughs can till. Thereof the king has 



1 ferling in demesne, and the villeins i ferling 

 and 4 ploughs. There the king has 6 villeins, 

 4 bordars, 2 serfs, 3 beasts, 50 sheep, wood- 

 (land) I league in length by J league in 

 breadth, i acre of meadow and lOO acres of 

 pasture. It pays 3 pounds a year by weight. 



The king has a manor called Sutona [Sutton]' 

 which King Edward held T.R.E., and it paid 

 geld for I virgate. This 6 ploughs can till. 



fol. 87. 



Thereof the king has J virgate and ^ 

 plough in demesne, and the villeins ^ virgate 

 and 5 ploughs. There the king has 4 villeins, 



2 bordars, i serf, 15 sheep, 2 acres of meadow 

 and 20 acres of pasture. It pays 20 shillings a 

 year by weight. 



The king has a manor called Tanbretona 

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

 and it paid geld for i virgate. This 6 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has ^ virgate in 

 demesne, and the villeins ^ virgate and 

 4^ ploughs. There the king has 6 villeins, 

 2 bordars, i serf, wood(land) 3 furlongs in 

 length by i in breadth. It pays 20 shillings a 

 year by weight. These 3 manors used to con- 

 tribute one night's supplies* {firmam hunius 

 noctis), with all that that involves {cum suis 

 appendiciis). 



From the manor of Wachetona [Walkhamp- 

 ton] has been taken Macretona [Maker],* which 

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

 I virgate. This 10 ploughs can till. And this 

 manor used to contribute 6 pounds all but 

 30 pence a year to Wachetona [Exch. towards 

 the king's farm {firma)) T.R.E. 



And these 3 manors are appurtenant to 

 Wachetona [Walkhampton]. 



fol. 87b. 



The king has a borough called Barnestaple 

 [Barnstaple]io which King Edward held T.R.E. 

 There the king has 40 burgesses within the 

 borough and 9 without, and they pay 40 shil- 



^ Sutton-on-Plym, otherwise Sutton Lake, including 

 Sutton Vautort (Ancient Deeds, D. 1,097), and 

 Sutton Prior, in the hundred of Roborough, which 

 together with Pennycross {alias Weston Peverel) and 

 Stonehouse formed the ancient parish of St. Andrews, 

 Plymouth. Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxvi, 1 70 ; GeldroU, 

 fol. 70, A, I. 



' King's Tamarton, the chief manor in St. Budeaux, 

 in the hundred of Roborough. 



' Valued in Northamptonshire at ;^30, in Oxford- 

 shire at j£i 50, in Hampshire and Dorset at £,106. 

 The supplies were wheat, honey, and malt. See 

 Round, in V. C. H. Northants, i, 274. 



' Vaultersholme tithing, better known as Mount 

 Edgecumbe, in the parish of Maker, in the hundred 

 of Roborough, the rest of Maker being in Cornwall. 



" The borough of Barnstaple. 



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