A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Tautona 

 [Tawton].^ In it are 12 hides, of which 9 paid 

 geld in the time of King E[dward], and the re- 

 maining 3 the bishop held in demesne, and they 

 never paid. These 12 hides 150 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the bishop has 3 hides and 6 

 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins have lOO 

 ploughs. There the bishop has 80 villeins, 1 1 

 bordars, 18 serfs, 22 swrineherds paying lOO 

 swine yearly, i rouncey, 15 beasts, 153 sheep, 

 12 acres of coppice, 24 of meadow, and lOO 

 acres of pasture. It is worth 40 pounds a year ; 

 when the bishop received it it was worth 50 

 pounds. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Culme- 

 STOCHA [Culmstock] ^ which paid geld for 5 

 hides. These 15 ploughs can till. Thereof the 

 bishop has i hide and 2 ploughs in demesne, and 

 the villeins have 4 hides and 1 1 ploughs. There 

 the bishop has 24 villeins, 8 bordars, 5 serfs, 40 

 sheep, I mill paying 5 shillings, wood(land) 7 

 furlongs in length by i in breadth, 50 acres of 

 meadow, pasture I league in length by as much 

 in breadth. It pays 6 pounds ; when the bishop 

 received it it was worth 4 pounds. 



The bishop has a manor called Stocha 

 [Stoke] ' which in King E[dward]'s time paid 

 geld for I hide. This 6 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof the bishop has i virgate in demesne 

 and I plough, and the villeins have 6 ploughs. 

 There the bishop has 4 villeins, 8 bordars, 2 

 serfs, 14 beasts, 12 swine, 2 mills paying 30 



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shillings a year, 4 acres of coppice, 8 acres of 

 meadow, and 50 acres of pasture. Worth 50 

 shillings a year. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a (manor) called Tale- 

 TONA [Talaton] ^ which Bishop Leuric held 

 T.R.E., and it paid geld for 7 hides. These 

 16 ploughs can till. Robert holds it of the 

 bishop. Thereof R[obert] has 3 hides and i 

 plough ; and the villeins 4 hides and 9 ploughs. 

 There R[obert] has 15 villeins, 12 bordars, 6 

 serfs, 3 beasts, 60 sheep, i mill paying 50 pence 

 a year, 6 acres of coppice, 20 acres of mekdow 

 and 150 acres of pasture. Worth 6 pounds a 

 year; when he received it 100 shillings. 



' Bishop's Tawton manor in South Molten hundred. 



' Culmstock manor in Hemyock hundred. The 

 boundaries are given in a charter purporting to 

 be by ^thelstan, but dated 670. ^thelstan's charter 

 dated 938 in Cart. Sax. ii, 432 ; Kemble, Cod. Dipl. 

 ii, 209, No. 373, and iii, 412. 



' Stoke Canon in Wonford hundred, written 'Hro- 

 castoc' and 'Brocastoc' in charters of ^thelstan 938 

 and Cnut 1031. See C<s;/. S^*'. ii, 43 1 ; Kemble, 

 Cod. Dipl. ii, 207, No. 371, and iii, 411. 



* Talaton in the hundred of Hairidge, 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Sideberia 

 [Sidbury] * which Alwin and Godwin held in 

 parage T.R.E., and it paid geld for 3 {Exch. 

 5) hides. These 20 {Exch. 30) ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the bishop has i hide and 2 

 ploughs, and the villeins 2 hides and 18 [Exch, 

 25) ploughs. There the bishop has 32 villeins, 

 5 bordars, 2 serfs, 10 beasts, 3 swine, 140 

 sheep, 14 goats, 300 acres of wood(larid), 12 

 acres of meadow, and lOO acres of pasture. 

 Worth 6 pounds ; when the bishop received it, 

 the same. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Selcoma 

 [Salcombe] * which Bishop Leuric held T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for 3 hides. These 6 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the bishop has i hide and 

 I plough in demesne and the villeins 2 hides 

 and 7 ploughs. There the bishop has 16 vil- 

 leins, 7 bordars, 2 serfs, 80 sheep, 14 acres of 



fol, iig, 



wood(land), 6 acres of meadow, and pasture i 

 league in length by 4 furlongs in width. It 

 is worth 60 shillings ; when the bishop received 

 it, the same. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Bretri- 

 CEStan {Exch. Bedricestan) [ ]' 



which Bishop Leuric held T.R.E., and it paid 

 geld for I hide. This 5 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof the bishop has ^ hide and i plough 

 in demesne, and the villeins ^ hide and 3 

 ploughs. There the bishop has 3 villeins, 6 

 bordars, 2 beasts, 42 sheep, 40 acres of mea- 

 dow, and 50 acres of pasture. Worth 20 

 shillings ; when the bishop received it, 

 the same. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Peintona 

 [Paignton] * which Bishop Leuric held T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for 20 hides. These 60 

 ploughs can till. Thereof the bishop has in 

 demesne 6 hides and 8 ploughs, and the villeins 

 14 hides and 42 ploughs. There the bishop 

 has 52 villeins, 40 bordars, 36 serfs, 5 swine- 

 herds paying 50 swine, 4 rounceys, i saltern 

 paying 10 pence, 20 beasts, 16 swine, 350 

 sheep, 41 acres of wood(land), 18 acres of 

 meadow, and 40 of pasture. Worth 50 pounds 

 a year ; when he received it it was worth 

 13 pounds. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Essebre- 



' Sidbury in East Budleigh hundred. 



^ Salcombe Regis in East Budleigh hundred. 



' This seems to be the ' Bryghteston juxta Honiton 

 Clift' of Inq. p.m. 22 Ric. II, No. 34, and the 

 ' Brichtestone ' of the Taxation of Pope Nicholas, i.e. 

 Traysbere, in the parish of Honiton Clyst in East 

 Budleigh hundred. Trans. Devon Assoc, xiii, 128; 

 XXXV, 297. 



' Paignton manor in Haytor hundred. 



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