HOLDERS OF LANDS 



TONA [Ashburton] ^ which Bishop Leuric held 

 T.R.E., and it paid geld for 6 hides. These 

 20 ploughs can till. Thereof he has in demesne 



2 hides and 2 plojughs, and the villeins 4 hides 

 and 16 ploughs. There the bishop has 34 

 villeins, 16 bordars, 10 serfs, i rouncey, 5 



fol. 119 b. 



beasts, 76 sheep, i league of wood(land), 3 

 acres of meadow, and i league of pasture. It 

 is worth 20 pounds a year ; when he received 

 it it was worth 8 pounds. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Cheni- 

 STETONA [Knighton] ^ which Bishop Leuric held 

 T.R.E., and it paid geld for ^ hide. This 



3 ploughs can till. Roger holds it under the 

 bishop. Thereof R[oger] has in demesne 

 ^2 virgates and 2 ploughs and the villeins 

 ^ virgate and i plough. There R[oger] has 



4 villeins, 3 serfs, i rouncey, 6 beasts, 24 sheep, 

 3 acres of meadow, and] 6 acres of pasture. 

 It is worth 10 shillings a year and was worth 

 the same when he received it. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Nime- 

 TONA [Nympton] ^ which Bishop Leuric held 

 T.R.E., and it paid geld for 3 hides. These 

 52 ploughs can till. Thereof the bishop has in 

 demesne I hide and 4 ploughs, and the villeins 

 2 hides and 44 ploughs. There the bishop has 

 56 villeins, 25 bordars, 17 swineherds paying 

 90 swine, 14 serfs, 6 beasts, 31 sheep, i mill 

 paying 40 pence, 200 acres of wood(land), 150 

 acres of meadow, and 1 40 acres of pasture. It 

 is worth 16 pounds a year and was worth 7 

 pounds when he received it. 



fol. Z20. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Stovre- 

 TONA [Exch. Sovretone) [Staverton] * which 

 Bishop Leuric held T.R.E., and it paid geld for 

 2^ hides. These 20 ploughs can till. Thereof 

 the bishop has in demesne ^ hide and i plough 

 and the villeins 2 hides and 16 ploughs. There 

 the bishop has 20 villeins, 12 bordars, 9 serfs, 5 

 beasts, loi sheep, 41 acres of coppice, 12 acres 

 of meadow, and 30 furlongs of pasture. It is 

 worth 7 pounds a year. This is allotted for the 

 support of the canons. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called St. Mary 

 Church ' which Bishop Leuric held T.R.E., and 



' Ashburton manor in Teignbridge hundred. 



' Knighton in Hennock (O.J.R.) in Teignbridge 

 hundred. 



' The manor of Bishop's Nympton in the hundred 

 of Witheridge, given by King Eadgar to the bishop 

 in 974. Trans. Devon Assoc, viii, 352. Cart. Sax. 

 iii, 624 gives the boundaries. 



* The manor of Staverton in Haytor hundred. 



' Combe Pafford in St. Mary Church in Haytor 

 hundred. Trms- D^vm 4mc, xviii, 153. 



it paid geld for 2 virgates. These 3 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the bishop has in demesne i 

 virgate and i plough and the villeins i virgate 

 and 2 ploughs. There the bishop has 4 villeins, 

 4 bordars, and 64 sheep. It is worth 15 shillings 

 a year. This is allotted for the support of the 

 canons. 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Bran- 

 CHEscoMA [Branscombe] ° which Bishop Leuric 

 held T.R.E., and it paid g[eld] for 5 hides. 

 These 16 ploughs can till. It is allotted for the 

 support of the canons. Thereof the c[anons] 

 have I hide in demesne and i plough, and 

 the villeins have 4 hides and 15 ploughs. 

 There the c[anons] have 22 villeins, 5 bor- 

 dars, I serf, I beast, 150 sheep, 12 acres of 



coppice and 2 acres of meadow. 

 6 pounds a year. 



It is worth 



Bishop 0[sbern] has a manor called Didasam 

 [Dittisham] ' which Bishop Leuric held T.R.E. 

 and it paid geld for 3 hides. These 16 ploughs 

 can till. Baldwin holds it of the bishop. Thereof 

 Baldwin has in demesne i hide and 2 ploughs, 

 and the villeins 2 hides and 10 ploughs. There 

 B[aldwin] has 22 villeins, 10 bordars, 2 serfs, 

 I rouncey, 20 swine, 60 sheep, 40 goats, 40 

 acres of coppice, and 60 acres of pasture. It 

 is worth 100 shillings a year; when the bishop 

 received it it was worth 3 pounds {Exch. 60 

 shillings). 



The bishop has a manor called Sladona 

 [Slapton] * which paid geld for 6 hides. These 

 26 ploughs can till. Baldwin the sheriff holds 

 it of the bishop. Thereof B[aldwin] has in 

 demesne 3 hides and 2 ploughs, and the villeins 

 3 hides and 21 ploughs. There B[aldwin] has 

 26 villeins, and 21 coscets, 6 serfs, 9 beasts, 12 

 swine, 1 00 sheep, 31 acres of wood(land), 10 

 acres of meadow, and 50 acres of pasture. It 

 is worth 12 pounds a year; when the bishop 

 received it 10 pounds. 



The bishop has a church in Exeter [St. Ste- 

 phen's] ' which pays yearly i mark of silver, 

 also 48 houses. Of these houses 10 pay 10 shil- 

 lings and 10 pence by way of customary due 

 (Exch, 47 houses paying 10 shillings and 10 



^ Branscombe manor in Colyton hundred ; in 857 

 the property of the crown, and mentioned in Edel- 

 wulf's will; given by King Alfred to his younger 

 son in 901. Cart. Sax. ii, 182; Kemble, Coi/. Dip/. 

 ii, 1 12, No. 1067 ; Trans. Devon Assoc, ix, 214. 



' Dittisham manor in Colridge hundred. Oliver 

 was sub-tenant (Geldroll, fol. 696, B, 3). 



* Slapton manor in Colridge hundred. Robert son 

 of Gervin was sub- tenant (Geldroll, fol. 69^, B, 2). 



* St. Stephen's church, accounted the • head ' or 

 chief seat of the bishop's barony, 



417 53 



