HOLDERS OF LANDS 



in demesne, and the villeins 2 hides and 7 ploughs. 



fol. io8b. 



There the king has 16 villeins, 11 bordars, 

 10 serfs, 45 beasts, 15 swine, 100 sheep, and 

 18 goats, also 40 acres of wood(land), 30 of 

 meadow, and pasture i league in length by ^ 

 in breadth. This manor pays 12 pounds by tale. 

 Goscelm holds it at a farm-rent ; when he 

 received it it was paying 6 pounds. 



The king has a manor called Bediforda 

 [Bideford] ^ which Bristric held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for 3 hides. These 26 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has ^ hide and 4 ploughs 

 in demesne, and the villeins 2J hides and 20 

 ploughs. There the king has 30 villeins, 8 bor- 

 dars, 14 serfs, 18 beasts, 300 sheep, 150 acres 

 of wood (land), 10 acres of meadow, and 20 of 

 pasture. It pays 16 pounds yearly. To this 

 manor was appurtenant (adjacebat) a certain fish- 

 ery T.R.E. which pays 25 shillings yearly. 



The king has a manor called Liteham 

 [Littleham] ^ which Bristric held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for i hide. This 8 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof the king has i virgate and i plough, 

 and the villeins 3 virgates and 4 ploughs. There 

 the king has 12 villeins, 3 bordars, 7 serfs, 7 

 beasts, 100 sheep, 60 acres of wood(land), 10 

 acres of meadow, and 20 acres of pasture. It 

 pays 3 pounds a year. These two manors 

 Goselm holds at farm of the king. 



The king has a manor called Langtrewa 

 [Langtree] ' which Bristric held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for 2 hides all but ^ virgate. 

 These 20 ploughs can till. Thereof the king 

 has ^ hide and 2 ploughs in demesne, and the 

 villeins have I hide, i\ virgates, and 16 ploughs. 

 There the king has 24 villeins, 2 bordars, 8 serfs, 



fol. 109. I 



2'swineherds, 6 beasts, 60 sheep, wood(land) 

 I league in length and the same in breadth, also 

 15 acres of meadow. It pays 7 pounds and 

 5 shillings yearly. 



The king has a manor called Edeslega 

 [Iddesleigh] * which Bristric held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for 3 hides. These 22 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has I hide and 4 ploughs 

 in demesne, and the villeins have 2 hides all but 

 I virgate and 16 ploughs. There the king has 

 24 villeins, 15 serfs, 15 beasts, 60 sheep, wood- 

 (land) 2 leagues in length by i in breadth, and 1 5 



' Bideford in the hundred of Shebbear. 



' Littleham in the hundred of Shebbear. 



' Langtree in the hundred of Shebbear, the parish 

 with the outlier of Alscot next Buckland Filleigh. 



* Iddesleigh in the hundreds of Shebbear and North 

 Tawton. 



acres of meadow. It pays 14 pounds yearly. 

 Of this land Walter [de Clavil] has i virgate 

 which he holds of the king.' Alwatet {Exch. 

 Alware) held it T.R.E., and he could not be- 

 come independent (separari) of Bristric with his 

 land. This land 3 ploughs can till, and it is 

 worth 20 shillings yearly. To this manor be- 

 long \ hide and J virgate which lie in the hundred 

 of Tawton. 



The king has a manor called Wincheleia 

 [Winkleigh] « which Bristric held T.R.E., and 

 it paid geld for 5^ hides. These 40 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has 2 hides and 8 

 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins have 3!^ 

 hides and 40 ploughs. There the king has 60 

 villeins, 16 serfs, 10 swineherds, also 38 beasts, 

 15 swine, 160 sheep, 500 acres of wood(Iand), 

 80 acres of meadow, and pasture i league in 

 length and another in breadth. In this manor is 

 also a park for beasts. It pays 30 pounds a year 

 by tale. Of the aforesaid land Norman the 

 park-keeper {custos parci) has i^ virgates worth 

 1 2 shillings and 6 pence a year.' Goscelm has 

 it at farm. 



fol. xogb. 



The king has a manor called Aissa [Ash] * 

 which Bristric held T.R.E. , and it paid geld 

 for 2 hides less ^ virgate. These 15 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the king has ^ hide and 2 

 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins i hide, i 

 virgate, and 10 ploughs. There the king has 

 14 villeins, 6 bordars, 10 serfs, 2 swineherds 

 paying 10 swine, 17 beasts, 14 swine, 80 sheep, 

 35 goats, 200 acres of wood(land), 20 acres of 

 meadow and pasture ^ league in length by 

 J league in width. This manor pays 7 pounds 

 in currency. Goscelm has it in charge. 



The king has a manor which was Queen 

 M[ahilda]'s called Eslapaforda [Lapford] ^ 

 which Bristric held T.R.E., and it paid geld for 

 2^ hides. These 1 1 ploughs can till. Thereof 

 the king has in demesne J hide and 3 ploughs 

 and the villeins 2 hides and 8 ploughs. There 

 the king has 18 villeins, 12 bordars, 7 swine- 

 herds, 6 serfs, i rouncey, 30 beasts, 18 swine, 

 180 sheep, 130 acres of wood(land), 20 acres of 

 meadow, 10 of pasture. It is worth yearly 

 12 pounds and I2 shillings. To this manor is 

 appurtenant {adjacet) and included in the afore- 



' Ash and Hill in Iddesleigh in Shebbear hundred, 

 elsewhere written ' Iweslei,' where the tenant is called 

 Aleuesclef {Exch. Aleuesdef). 



" The hundred-manor of Winkleigh. 



' HoUocombe in Winkleigh. 



' Ashreigny alias Ringsash in the hundred of North 

 Tawton. The shortage between the total assessments 

 and the sum of the king's and villeins' assessment 

 probably represents Alward Merta's half virgate of 

 Arson (fol. 483). 



° Lapford in North Tawton hundred. 



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