A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



said value |- virgate of land which is called 

 Eruescoma [Irishcombe].^ 



The king has a manor called Oluardesdona 

 {Exch. Ulwardesdone) [ ] ' which Boia held 



T.R.E., and itipaid geld for i^ virgates. These 

 2 ploughs can till. Hadolf holds it of the king. 

 There Hadulf has in demesne i virgate and i 

 plough, and the villeins 2 ferlings and i plough. 

 There Hadulf has 3 villeins, 2 serfs, 5 beasts, 



fol, no. 



2 swine, 10 sheep, wood(land) 2 furlongs in 

 length by i in breadth, 3 acres of meadow and 

 2 furlongs of pasture. It pays to the king 10 

 shillings a year. 



The king has a manor called Bichentona 

 [Bickington] ' which Bristric held T.R.E., when 

 it paid geld for 1 ^ hides and ^ virgate. These 

 16 ploughs can till. Thereof the king has in 

 demesne i virgate and 2 ploughs, and the villeins 

 5 J virgates and seven ploughs. There the king 

 has 14 villeins, 2 bordars, 3 serfs, 2 swineherds 

 paying yearly 16 swine, 12 beasts, 50 sheep, 100 

 acres of wood(land), 8 acres of meadow, and 

 100 acres of pasture. It pays 12 pounds a 

 year. To the aforesaid manor has been added 

 another manor called Bicheneleia [Bicking- 

 leigh]* which T.R.E. belonged to Tauestoca 

 [Tawstock] and it pays to Bickington 4 pounds 

 a year. 



The king has a manor called Morchet 

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

 it paid geld for ^ hide. This 8 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has i virgate and 2 

 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins have i 

 virgate and 3 ploughs. There the king has 

 8 villeins, 2 serfs, 5 beasts, 40 sheep, 40 acres 

 of wood(land), and 2 acres of meadow. It pays 

 yearly 4 pounds by tale. This manor was 

 Queen Mathilda's. 



fol. nob. 



The king has a manor called Holecumba 

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

 it paid geld for i hide. This 7 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has in demesne ^ 

 virgate and 2 ploughs and the villeins 3^ vir- 

 gates and 5 ploughs. There the king has 10 



' Irishcombe, an outlier of Lapford in North Tawton 

 hundred. 



' Probably in Down St. Mary in North Tawton 

 hundred. 



' High Bickington manor aSaj Womberleghe in the 

 hundred of North Tawton. 



* Langleigh a/iiW'WesteraLangeleye next Womber- 

 leghe' (Pedes Fin. Index, 71), an outlier of High 

 Bickington next Tawstock {Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxiv, 

 727). Atherington (T. W. W.). See above, fol. 94 ^. 



' Morchard Bishop in North Tawton hundred. 



' Holcombe Burnel in Wonford hundred. 



villeins, 8 bordars, 4 serfs, 5 beasts, 50 sheep, 

 50 goats, and no acres of wood(land). It pays 

 8 pounds 1 5 shillings a year. 



The king has a manor called Tovretona 

 [Tiverton], &c.' 



The king has a manor called Halsbretona 

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

 it paid geld for 5 hides. These 28 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has in demesne \\ hides 

 and 4 ploughs, and the villeins 3|- hides and 22 

 ploughs. There the king has 43 villeins, 10 

 bordars, 8 serfs, 5 swineherds paying 30 swine ; 



fol. III. 



also the king has 2 rounceys there, 11 beasts, 

 II swine, 150 sheep, 2 mills paying 10 shil- 

 lings, wood(land) 16 furlongs in length by 13 

 in breadth, 36 acres of meadow, and pasture 

 5 furlongs in length by 3 in breadth. It pays 

 27 pounds yearly. Of those 5 hides Goscelm 

 has I virgate of land,' namely (part) of the villeins' 

 land, where he has i plough, i bordar, and 



1 serf. It paid 10 shillings towards the farm- 

 rent of Halberton when Goscelm received it. 



The king has a manor called Aisbertona 

 [Washburton]!" which Bristric held T.R.E., and 

 it paid geld for 3 hides. This 10 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the king has in demesne i hide 

 and 2 ploughs, and the villeins 2 hides and 3 

 ploughs. There the king has 7 villeins, 8 bor- 

 dars, 4 serfs, I rouncey, 2 beasts, 100 sheep, 



2 fisheries, i saltern, wood(land) i league in 

 length by \ league in breadth, 3 acres of 

 meadow, and 40 of pasture. It pays 4 pounds 

 a year. This is the manor which Juhel held 

 of the queen. 



fol. 117. 



LANDS OF ST. PETER OF THE 



CHURCH OF EXETER IN 



DEVENESCIRA " 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Beria 



' Repeated word for word as on fol. 98. 



' The hundred-manor of Halberton. Of Halberton 

 manor 3 virgates lie in Tiverton hundred (Geldroll, 

 fol. 67, B, 6). 



° Probably Wobumford aRas Oburnford aUas Pit 

 Farm (G.J.R.). 



'° The manor of Washburton in Ashprington in the 

 hundred of Colridge. 



" The Exchequer Book reads : ' Land of the bishop 

 of Exeter,' and begins with the bishop's holding in 

 Exeter, the church of which was the head of his 

 barony, followed by Crediton his principal manor. 

 Then in the third place come Bury and Teignton 

 followed by Dawlish, Ide, Staverton, and St. Mary 

 Church, after which is a note : 'The above 4 manors 

 are assigned for the support of the canons.' The 

 rest follow in the order of the Exeter Book, omitting 

 Staverton and St. Mary Church. 



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