HOLDERS OF LANDS 



lings by weight to the king, and 20 shillings by 

 tale to the bishop of Coutances. There also 

 23 houses have been laid in ruins {vastatae) since 

 King William has had England. 



The king has a borough called Lideforda 

 [Lydford]! which King Edward held T.R.E. 

 There the king has 28 burgesses within 

 the borough and 41 without, and they pay 

 3 pounds a year {Exch. 60 shillings) by weight 

 to the king. There also 40 houses have 

 been laid in ruins {vastatae ; Exch, vastae) since 

 King William has had England. The afore- 

 said burgesses have land for 2 ploughs outside 

 the city {foras civitatem). If an expedition goes 

 forth by land or by sea this borough renders the 

 same service as Totenais [Totnes] or Barnstaple. 



fol. 88. 



In the city of Essecestra {Exch. Exonia) 

 [Exeter] ^ the king has 300 houses all but 15 

 which pay the customary due. (The city) pays 

 18 pounds a year, out of which Baldwin the 

 sheriff has 6 pounds weighed and assayed and 

 Colvin has 1 2 pounds in currency for the behoofs 

 of Queen Eddida. This city did not pay geld 

 T.R.E. except when London, York, and Win- 

 chester paid it, and that was half a mark of 

 silver for the hired troops {ad solidarios ; Exch., 

 ad opus mUiturn)? And whenever an expedi- 

 tion went forth by land or by sea, the city did 

 the same service as 5 hides of land, whilst 

 Toteneis [Totnes], Lidford, and Barnestabla 

 [Barnstaple] together did the same service as the 

 aforesaid city. In this (city), however, 48 houses 

 have been laid in ruins * since King William has 

 had England. And the aforesaid burgesses have 

 land for I2 ploughs outside the city subject to no 

 customary payment save to the city itself.' 



fol. 93. 



THE DEMESNE OF THE KING IN 

 DEVENESIRA [DEVONSHIRE] « 



The king has a manor called Bradestana 



' Lydford castle, with the borough and village of 

 Lydford. 



' The city of Exeter, including Exe Island without 

 the city and St. Leonard's, Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxiv, 

 718. The customary due for a house here and else- 

 where was 8 pence. See Introduction, p. 396 



' For the king's housecarls ; Freeman, Norman 

 Conquest, iv, 147. 



* To make room for the castle ; Freeman, op. cit. 

 iv, 162. 



° Duryard manor, conterminous with St. David's 

 parish other than Hoopern. Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxiv, 

 718. 



^ Instead of this general heading, the Exchequer 

 book prefixes separate headings to each group of 

 estates, arranging them according to their tenants 

 T.R.E. First — with the heading, ' The underwritten 

 lands Queen Eddida held ; now the king has them ' — 



[Bradstone],^ which Earl Harold held T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for \ hide. This 8 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has \ virgate and 

 I plough in demesne, and the villeins i^ vir- 

 gates and 6 ploughs. There the king has 17 

 villeins, 4 bordars, 3 serfs, 4 beasts, 40 sheep, 

 15 acres of wood(land), and i acre of meadow. 

 This manor pays 60 shillings by weight ; when 

 Baldwin the sheriff first had it to farm it was 

 paying the same. 



The king has a manor called Listona [Lifton] * 

 which Queen Editda held T.R.E., and it paid 

 geld for 3^ virgates. This 25 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof the king has \ virgate and 5 ploughs in 

 demesne, and the villeins \\ virgates and 14 

 ploughs. There the king has 26 villeins, 24 

 bordars, 12 serfs, 55 beasts, 17 swine, 250 sheep, 

 50 goats, also 40 acres of wood(land), 40 acres 

 of meadow, and 42 acres of pasture. This 

 manor pays 1 5 pounds a year. Colvin farms it 

 of the king. To this manor belonged two 

 (other) manors T.R.E. One is called Lamliner 

 {Exch. Lanliner) [Lanliner] and the other Tre- 

 BiCHEN [Trebichen]. The count of Mortain 

 now holds both.' 



The king has a manor called Tauetona 

 [South Tawton] 1° which Guitda [Githa] held 

 T.R.E., and it paid geld for 3 hides and i vir- 

 gate. These 50 ploughs can till. Thereof the 

 king has \ hide and 8 ploughs in demesne and 

 the villeins i^ hides and i ferding and 36 

 ploughs. There the king has 50 villeins, 30 

 bordars, 12 serfs, 100 beasts, 400 sheep, 70 goats, 

 wood(land) 2 leagues in length by 2 furlongs in 

 breadth, 60 acres of meadow, and pasture 



come in the following order Listone, Chentone, 

 Nortmoltone, and Wenfort. Next — with the heading, 

 ' The following manors Gytha the mother of 

 Earl Herald held ' — come (South) Tauetone, Herti- 

 tone, Toritone,Wirige, Wodeberie, Cedelintone, Sire- 

 ford, and Tovretone. Then — after the heading, ' The 

 following 14 lands Earl Herald held' — are enumer- 

 ated Bradestone, (Black) Torintone, Haldeword, Se- 

 pesberie, Tauestoche, Mollande, Morbade, Alfintone, 

 Topeshant, Mortone, Coletone (Raleigh), Hamistone, 

 Spicewite, and (King's) Nimetone. Uluredintone 

 comes afterwards without any heading. It had be- 

 longed to Tavistock. Lastly — with the heading, ' The 

 underwritten lands Earl Lewin held ' — come Baver- 

 done, Pinnoch, Chenemetone, Witeford, and Lange- 

 ford Lestre. And then without any heading at all 

 comes Clistone, described as ' aforetime the land of 

 Ordulf.' 



' Bradstone in Lifton hundred. 



' The hundred-manor of Lifton. 



° Lanliner and Trebichen in Cornwall. 



•° The hundred-manor of South Tawton, now united 

 with Wonford hundred. The shortage of I hide 3 

 ferlings between the total assessments and the assess- 

 ments of the king and the villeins together is probably 

 represented by Ash \\ virgates, Parford I virgate, 

 Escapeleia i virgate I ferling, and Cocktree i virgate. 

 See Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxiv, 588. 



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