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The king has a manor called Wenfort 

 [Wonford] ^ which Queen Edida held T.R.E., 

 and it was assessed as half a hide. This 20 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has in demesne i vir- 

 gate and 2 ploughs ; the villeins have 8 ploughs. 

 There the king has 18 villeins, 10 bordars, 

 10 serfs, 45 sheep, 14 goats, 60 acres of wood- 

 (land), 30 acres of meadow, also pasture half a 

 league in length and the same in breadth. It 

 pays 18 pounds a year, at 20 pence to the ounce 

 [prey 



The king has a manor called Pinnoc [Pinhoe]' 

 which Earl Liwin held T.R.E., and it paid geld 

 for 2 hides all but a virgate {Exch. i hide and 

 3 virgates). This 10 ploughs can till. Thereof 

 the king has 3 virgates and i plough in demesne, 

 and the villeins have 7 ploughs. There the 

 king has 8 villeins, 6 bordars, i serf, 10 beasts, 

 100 acres of wood(land), 20 acres of meadow 

 and 100 acres of pasture. It pays 6 pounds a 

 year by weight. Under this manor the abbot 

 of Battle holds the church, to which belongs 



1 virgate of the aforesaid land.* Worth 5 shil- 

 lings a year. 



The king has a manor called Alfintona 

 [Alphington] = which Earl Harald held T.R.E. 

 It paid geld for 2^ hides. These 16 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has J hide and 



2 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins have 

 14 ploughs. There the king has 32 villeins, 



5 bordars, 6 serfs, i rouncey, 5 beasts, 40 sheep, 

 20 acres of wood(land), coppice i league in length 

 by J in breadth, and 3 acres of meadow. It pays 



6 pounds a year by weight. 



The king has a manor called Topeshant 

 [Topsham]* which Earl Harald held T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for i hide. This 12 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has J hide and 



afforested in 1 204, this right continued in Dartmoor 

 Forest, where agistment dues are still payable, but the 

 looking after is done by ' moormen ' appointed by 

 the Duchy of Cornwall at a fixed charge. See Dart- 

 moor Preservation Society^! Publications. 



' The hundred-manor of East and West Wonford. 

 Probably Pocombe in Alphington represents the 

 I virgate held by Owen the king's reeve in Geldroll, 

 fol. 71, B, II ; see TestadeNevill (Rec. Com.), igSa; 

 Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxvi, 171. 



' As the pennies struck by the moneyers contained -^j- 

 instead of ■j'-jj ounce of silver, these pounds were short 

 weight or currency pounds (numero). See Trans. 

 Devon Assoc, xxix, 454 «. 2 ; and Round, in F. C. H. 

 Worcs. i, 294. 



' Pinhoe manor in Wonford hundred. 



* Monkerton aRas Monkenland in Pinhoe. 



' Alphington in Wonford hundred. 



' Topsham in Wonford hundred. Topsham had been 

 given by Aedelstan in 937 to the monastery at Exeter. 

 Kemble, Cod. Dipt, ii, 204, No. 369, and iii, 41 1, and 

 Birch, Cart. Saxon, ii, 428, give the boundaries. 



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I plough, and the villeins have 12 

 There the king has 16 villeins, I2 



5 serfs, I rouncey, 5 beasts, 50 sheep, 



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of meadow, and 60 acres of pasture. 



6 pounds a year by weight. 



ploughs, 

 bordars, 

 10 acres 



It pays 



The king has a manor called Wiriga 

 [Witheridge]^ which Gida held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for i virgate. This 3 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof the king has \ virgate and i plough in 

 demesne, and the villeins have § of that virgate 

 and 3 ploughs. There the king has 3 villeins, 

 3 bordars, 2 serfs, 26 sheep, 12 acres of wood- 

 (land), 6 acres of meadow and 40 of pasture. It 

 pays 6 pounds a year, and was worth the same 

 when he received it. And to this manor has 

 been united the land of two thanes ^ who held 

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

 paid geld for 3 ferdings. These i plough can 

 till, and upon them also 3 villeins are settled 

 {adhuc manent) paying 5 shillings a year to the 

 aforesaid manor. 



The king has a manor called Mortona 

 [Moreton] ' which Herald held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for 3 hides. These 20 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has in demesne i hide 

 and 3 ploughs, and the villeins 2 hides and 

 8 ploughs. There the king has 16 villeins, 

 6 bordars, 6 serfs, 20 beasts, 130 sheep, wood- 

 (land) I league in length by i furlong in breadth, 

 20 acres of meadow and 60 of pasture. It pays 

 1 2 pounds weighed and assayed {ad pondus et ad 

 arsuram), and paid the same when Baldwin first 

 received it. With the aforesaid manor goes 

 {adjacet) the third penny of the hundred of 



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Taignebrige [Teignbridge]. 



The king has a manor called Wodeberia 

 [Woodbury] ^^ which Guitda held T.R.E., and 

 it paid geld for 10 hides. These 35 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has 5 hides and 2 ploughs 

 in demesne, and the villeins 5 hides and 20 

 ploughs. There the king has 30 villeins, 22 bor- 

 dars, 6 serfs, 2 rounceys, 15 beasts, 4 swine, 

 60 sheep, I mill paying 7 shillings and 6 pence, 

 wood(land) i league in length by ^ in breadth, 

 30 acres of meadow, and 300 acres of pasture. 

 It pays 23 pounds by weight ; when Baldwin 

 received it 18 pounds. Thereof the abbot 

 {Exck the church) of St. Michael of the Mount 

 holds the church and the land which the priest 

 [sacerdos) held T.R.E., that is ^ hide {Exch. 



' The hundred-manor of Witheridge. 



' Probably Yeatheridge and Burridge, two outliers 

 of Witheridge between Worlington and Lapford. 

 Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxiv, 620. 



' Moreton Hampstead in the hundred of Teign- 

 bridge. 



" Woodbury in the hundred of East Budleigh. 



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