HOLDERS OF LANDS 



[Bury] ^ which T.R.E. paid geld for i virgate. 

 This 3 ploughs can till. There the bishop has 



3 {Exch. 4) villeins who have 2 ploughs ; there 

 the bishop has also 3 bordars and 5 acres of 

 meadow. It pays [Exch. is worth) 7 shillings 

 and 6 pence a year. 



The bishop has a manor called Chritetona 

 [Crediton]^ which T.R.E. paid geld for 15 

 hides. These 185 ploughs can till. Thereof 

 the bishop has 6 hides and 1 3 ploughs in demesne 

 and his knights [milites) and villeins have be- 

 tween them 9 hides and 172 ploughs. There 

 the bishop has 264 villeins, 73 bordars, 40 

 serfs, 30 swineherds paying 150 swine yearly, 



4 rounceys, 64 beasts, 57 swine, 400 sheep all 

 but 12, 115 goats, I mill paying 30 pence a 

 year, wood(land) 5 leagues in length and ^ league 

 in breadth, 80 acres of meadow and 200 acres of 

 pasture. It is worth 75 pounds a year. When 

 the bishop first received it it was paying 21 

 pounds. 



Along with this manor the bishop claims 

 {corrected into 'has') a manor called NiWEN- 

 TONA [Newton],' held by Domne, which paid 

 geld for 3 hides. As to this manor Bishop 

 Osbern produced his charters showing that his 

 church was seised thereof before King Edward's 

 reign ; and besides, he asserts {adhuc dicit) that 

 in King William's time he had a suit con- 

 cerning this land, and proved his right to it 

 {disraisnavit esse suam) by the witness of French- 

 men {Jrancigenarum). It is worth 3 pounds. 



The bishop has a manor called Taintona 

 {Exch. Tantone) [Teignton] * which T.R.E. 

 paid geld for 18 hides. These 55 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the bishop has 5 hides and 4 

 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins have 13 

 hides and 51 ploughs. There the bishop has 57 

 villeins, 36 bordars, 14 serfs, 10 swineherds pay- 

 ''ig 35 swine yearly, 2 rounceys, 37 beasts, 7 

 swine, 400 sheep, 10 and 40 goats, also 9 houses 



' Bury in Lapford in the hundred of North Taw- 

 ton, which in Norden's Survey of 1598 is described 

 as held of the manor of Crediton ; the gift of 

 Athelstan, Trans. Devon Assoc, xiii, 119 (O.J.R.) 



' The hundred-manor of Crediton alias Kirton. 



' Newton St. Cyres in Crediton hundred. See 

 fol. 483. The Exchequer reads here: 'Moreover 

 in King William's time he proved his right to it 

 {diraAocinavit esse suam) before the king's barons.' 

 Round, Cal. of Docts. France, 147, says : 'proved his 

 right to it,' a translation supported by a passage in 

 his Feud. Engl. p. 138. But since Newton, notwith- 

 standing the bishop's argument, is stated, fol. 483, 

 to be held by Domne of the king, Mr. Whale, in 

 Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxii, 5 24, suggests that this is an 

 early instance of a transfer by means of a fictitious 

 suit. 



* The manor of Bishop's Teignton in the hundred 

 of Exminster. 



fol. 117b. 



in the borough of Essecestre [Exeter] paying 

 yearly 3 shillings, 24 salterns paying yearly 10 

 shillings, wood(land) i league in length by the 

 same in breadth, 10 acres of meadow, and pas- 

 ture 4 leagues in length by ^ league in breadth. 

 It is worth 24 pounds a year ; when the bishop 

 received it it was worth 14 pounds. 



The bishop has a manor called Douelis 

 [Dawlish] ' which T.R.E. paid geld for 7 hides. 

 These 30 ploughs can till. Thereof the bishop 

 has I hide and 2 ploughs in demesne, and the 

 villeins have 6 hides and 24 ploughs. This 

 manor is assigned for the support {est de victu) of 

 the canons. There the bishop has 30 villeins, 

 8 bordars, 3 serfs, 3 cows, 2 swine, 100 sheep, 

 coppice 3 furlongs in length and i in breadth, 6 

 acres of meadow, and 12 acres of pasture. It is 

 worth 8 pounds a year ; when the bishop re- 

 ceived it it was worth 7 pounds. 



The bishop has a manor called Ida [Ide] * 

 which T.R.E. paid geld for 2 hides. These 6 

 ploughs can till. Thereof the bishop has 1 hide 

 and I plough in demesne, and the villeins have i 

 hide and 5 ploughs. There the bishop has 1 1 

 villeins, as many {Exch. 11) bordars, 2 serfs, i 

 rouncey, 3 beasts, 33 sheep, and 4 acres of cop- 

 pice. Worth 40 shillings a year ; when the 

 bishop received it it was worth the same. This 

 is assigned for the support of the canons. 



The bishop has a manor called Haustona 

 [Haxon] '' which Ordulf held T.R.E., and it paid 

 geld for 2 virgates. These 5 ploughs can till. 

 There the bishop has 6 villeins who have 3 

 ploughs, also 2 acres of meadow and common 

 pasture at Bratona [B ration Fleming]. It is 

 worth 25 shillings ; when the bishop received it 

 it was worth the same. 



The bishop has a manor called Botintona 

 [Button] * which Ednod held in parage {Exch., 

 lihere), and he could go to what lord he liked 

 T.R.E. It has been added to the above-named 

 manor, and paid geld for i virgate. This 2 

 ploughs can till. There the bishop has i villein 

 and common pasture at Bratona [Bratton]. It is 

 worth 5 shillings ; when the bishop received it 

 it was worth the same. 



fol. 1x8. 



These two above-named manors the count of 

 Mortain gave to the bishop in exchange for the 

 castle of Cornwall. 



° Dawlish manor in the hundred of Exminster. 

 Given to Bishop Leofric by the Confessor in 1044. 

 Trans. Devon Assoc, vi, 381 ; xiii, 116. 



" Ide in the hundred of Exminster. Trans. Devon 

 Assoc. XXX, 305 ; the gift of King .(Ethelstan in 937. 

 Trans. Devon Assoc, xiii, 119. 



' Haxon in Bratton Fleming in Braunton hundred. 



' Button in Bratton Fleming in Braunton hundred; 

 held with Haxon in 1303, Feudal Aids, i, 360. 



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