A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



Totheneis)^ paid to this manor by way of farm 

 {ad firmam). 



Baldwin pays to the king 375 pounds from 

 the estates (de terris) of the earls by way of farm 

 yearly.^ 



Gotselin pays yearly to the king for the estates 

 of Queen Edida 108 pounds.' I Raginald* have 

 been paying yearly towards the king's farm 

 24 pounds for the estate of Ordulf.' 



fol.gS. 



The king has a manor called Nimetona 

 [Nympton] « which Earl Herald held T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for 3 hides. These 50 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has i hide and 3 

 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins have 



2 hides and 16 ploughs. There the king has 

 40 villeins, 4 bordars, 7 serfs, 6 swineherds, 

 16 beasts, 100 sheep all but 8, wood(land) i 

 league in length and breadth, 8 acres of meadow, 

 and I league of pasture every way. It pays 

 18 pounds a year by weight. To this manor 

 has been united a manor of half a virgate^ which 

 I thane held T.R.E., and he could go with his 

 land to what lord he liked {Exch. freely). It 

 pays 7 shillings towards the king's farm. 



The king has a manor called Tovretona 

 [Tiverton] 8 which Gida held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for 3 J hides. These 36 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has in demesne i^ hides, 

 and the villeins 2 hides and 30 ploughs. There 

 the king has 35 villeins, 24 bordars, 19 serfs, 



3 swineherds paying 10 swine, 28 sheep, 2 mills 

 paying 5 shillings and 6 pence, coppice i league 

 in length by 6^ furlongs in breadth, 4 furlongs 

 of wood(land), 1 4 acres of meadow, and 40 acres 

 of common pasture. It is worth 1 8 pounds a 

 year weighed and assayed [ad pondus et arsuram).^ 



The king has a manor called Uluredintona 

 [Werrington] ^^ which Earl Harald's mother 



' Totnes in Colridge hundred. See fol. 334. 



' i.e. the 8 estates held by Gytha, Harold's mother, 

 the 14 estates of Earl Harold, and the 5 estates of 

 Earl Lewin as enumerated above. In making up 

 j^375 the added estates are not brought into account. 

 (T. W. W. in Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxii, 529.) 



^ i.e. the 4 manors which Edida held, enumerated 

 above. 



* See Introduction, p. 377, 



" viz. ' Clistone ' which follows ' Langeford* without 

 any heading in the Exchequer book, but is there 

 described as OrdulPs land. 



° King's Nympton in Witheridge hundred. 



' Probably Garland in King's Nympton in Withe- 

 ridge hundred. 



' Tiverton manor in Tiverton hundred. Tiver- 

 ton was one of the manors bequeathed by King 

 Alfred to his younger son. Kemble, Cod. Dipl. ii, 

 112, No. 314. Trans. Devon Assoc, vs., 214. 



' This entry is again repeated, fol. nob. 

 '" (Written Olwritona below, fol. 178, and in 

 Geldroll, fol. 65, A, 9 Oluritona.) The hundred- 

 manor of Werrington. 



[Exch. Gytha) held T.R.E. and it paid geld for 

 6J hides. This 86 ploughs can till. Of these 

 {De his) the king has in demesne i hide and 

 6 ploughs, and the villeins the rest of the 

 land and 27 ploughs. There the king has 

 116 {Exch. 16) villeins, 25 bordars, 25 Col- 

 berts {qmlihertos), 20 serfs, 25 beasts, 150 sheep, 

 20 swine, 20 acres of wood(land), 1 00 acres of 

 meadow, and 500 acres of pasture. It pays 

 20 pounds by tale and in King Edward's time it 

 used to pay 24 pounds. Of these 6J hides the 

 count of Mortain has ^ hide which belonged 

 there T.R.E." 



LAND OF QUEEN MAHILLA IN 

 DEVENESIRA [DEVONSHIRE] ^ 



fol. 108. 



The king has a manor called Leuia [Lew] ^' 

 which Bristric held T.R.E., and it was part of 

 the land of Queen M[ahilla] and paid geld for 

 I hide, I virgate, and i ferling. This 1 2 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has i virgate and 

 4 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins i hide 

 and 10 ploughs. There the king has 20 villeins, 

 7 bordars, 7 serfs, 10 forest mares, 50 beasts, 

 10 swine, 100 sheep, 25 goats, 20 acres of wood- 

 (land), 30 of meadow, and pasture 8 furlongs in 

 length hy 4 in breadth. This manor Goscelm 

 holds at farm, and pays for it 9 pounds yearly 

 by tale. 



The king has a manor called Halgewilla 

 [Halwill] " which Bristric held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for i virgate. This 5 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof the king has i ferling and 2 ploughs in 

 demesne, and the villeins 3 ferlings and 5 ploughs. 

 There the king has 10 villeins, i bordar, and 

 6 serfs, 33 beasts, 20 swine, 50 sheep, 2 acres of 

 wood(land), 40 of meadow, and pasture i league 

 in length by 2 furlongs in breadth. This manor 

 Goscelm holds at a farm-rent, paying for it 

 70 shillings by tale. 



The king has a manor called Cloveleia 

 [Clovelly] " which Bristric held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for 3 hides. These 12 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has i hide and 5 ploughs 



" BuUapit Tamar in Werrington (O. J. R.). Boyton 

 in Cornwall (T.W.W.). 



" Instead of this heading the Exchequer has : ' The 

 underwritten lands were held by Brictric and after- 

 wards by Queen Mathilda.' Moreover, since ' Oluar- 

 desdona' was held by Boia and not by Brictric, it 

 was placed at the end after those held hy Brictric in 

 the Exchequer copy. As to Bristric or Brictric, son 

 of Algar, see Freeman, Norman Conquest, iv, 762. 



" North Lew in the hundred of Blacktorington. 

 The ferling unaccounted for probably represents 

 Gorhuish. 



" Halwill in the hundred of Blacktorington. 



" CloveUy in the hundred of Hartland. 



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