A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



The bishop has a manor called Branfortuna 

 [Brampford],! which Wlnot {Exch. Ulnod) held 

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

 8 ploughs can till. Now Drogro holds it of the 

 bishop. Thereof D[rogo] has ij virgates in 

 demesne and i plough ; and the villeins have 5- 

 ploughs. There D[rogo] has 10 villeins, 8 bor- 

 dars, 6 serfs, i rouncey, 5 beasts, 32 sheep, 

 8 acres of wood(land), and 60 acres of pasture. 

 Worth 60 shillings a year, and was worth the 

 same when the bishop received it. 



The bishop has a manor called Reuwa [Rewe] ^ 

 which Wlnot {Exch. Ulnod) held T.R.E., and 

 it paid geld for i hide. This 5 ploughs can till. 

 Now Drogo holds it of the bishop. Thereof 

 D[rogo] has J hide in demesne. There D[rogo] 

 has 5 villeins, 3 bordars, 2 serfs, 10 acres of 

 wood(land), and 7 acres of meadow. Worth 



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20 shillings a year, and was worth 60 shillings 

 when the bishop received it. 



The bishop has a manor called Niressa 

 [Netherexe] ' which Wlnot {Exch. Ulnod) held 

 T.R.E., and it paid geld for i hide and i virgate. 

 This 8 ploughs can till. Now Drogo holds it of 

 the bishop. Thereof D[rogo] has i virgate in 

 demesne and i plough, and the villeins have 

 6 ploughs. There D[rogo] has lo villeins, 

 8 bordars, 6 serfs, i cow, 4 swine, 60 sheep, 

 4 acres of meadow, and 12 acres of pasture. 

 Worth 3 pounds a year; when the bishop received 

 it it was worth 70 shillings. 



The bishop has a manor called Olpessa 

 {Exch. Ulpesse) [Upex] * which Olnot {Exch. 

 Ulnod) held T.R.E., and it paid geld for i vir- 

 gate. This 3 ploughs can till. Drogo holds it 

 of the bishop, and Humphrey {Unfridus) of Drogo. 

 Thereof Humphrey has in demesne ^ virgate, 

 and the villeins J virgate and i plough. There 

 Humphrey has 7 villeins, 7 bordars, 3 serfs, 

 4 beasts, i mill paying 12 shillings, 6 acres of 

 wood(Iand), 10 of meadow, and 12 of pasture. 

 Worth 2 pounds a year ; when he received it it 

 was worth 3 pounds. 



The bishop has i hide of land ' which Olnot 

 {Exch. Ulnod) held T.R.E. There the bishop 

 has I villein and i mill paying 20 shillings. 

 This hide is worth 30 shillings a year. 



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The bishop has a manor called Clista 

 [Clyst]® which Wigo {Exch. Wigod) the priest 

 held T.R.E., and it paid geld for 3 virgates. 



' Brampford Speke in Wonford hundred. 



^ Rewe in Wonford hundred. 



' Netherexe in Wonford hundred. 



* Upex in Rewe in Hairidge hundred. 



' Hazel Barton in Rewe with Pound Mill. 



^ Clyst Satchvil alias Bishop's Court alias Clist 

 House, an outlier of Faringdon in East Budleigh 

 hundred. 



These 6 ploughs can till. Thereof the bishop 

 has i^ virgates and 2 ploughs in demesne, and 

 the villeins i J virgates and 5 ploughs. There 

 the bishop has 9 villeins, 5 bordars, 5 serfs, i 

 rouncey, 10 beasts, 3 swine, 63 sheep, 20 acres 

 of meadow, and 12 acres of pasture. Worth 

 60 shillings ; when the bishop received it it was 

 worth 20 shillings. 



The bishop has a manor called Crauelec 

 [Crayleigh] ^ which Alwin the server {dapifer) 

 held of Alwin, and could not make inde- 

 pendent {separare) of him T.R.E., and it paid 

 geld for I virgate. This 2 ploughs can till. 

 Edmer holds it of the bishop. Thereof E[dmer] 

 has 2 ferlings and i plough in demesne, and 

 the villeins 2 ferlings and i plough. There 

 E[dmer] has 2 villeins, i bordar, i serf, and 8 

 acres of meadow. Worth 10 shillings ; when the 

 bishop received it 5 shillings. 



The bishop has a manor called Cridia 

 [Creedy]« which Goda held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for i virgate. This 2 ploughs can 

 till. Drogo holds it of the bishop. There 

 D[rogo] has 4 villeins who have ^ plough. 

 Worth 5 shillings ; when the bishop received it 

 12 shillings and 6 pence. It belongs to the 

 manor called Morceta [Morchard]. 



The bishop has a manor called Morceta 

 [Morchard]^ which Algar held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for i virgate and i ferling. These 4 

 ploughs can till. Drogo holds it of the bishop. 

 Thereof Drogo has in demesne (J virgate . . .) 

 and the villeins J virgate and i ferling and i 



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plough. There Drogo has 4 villeins, 4 bordars, 

 I serf, 13 beasts, 13 swine, 40 sheep, 36 goats, 

 10 acres of wood (land), 6 acres of meadow, 

 and 100 acres of pasture. Worth 12 shillings 

 and 6 pence a year ; when the bishop received it 

 it was worth 5 shillings. 



The bishop has a manor called Sprewea 

 [Spurway]!" which Algar held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for i virgate. This 3 ploughs can till. 

 Now Drogo holds it of the bishop. Thereof 

 Drogo has in demesne J virgate and 2 ploughs, 

 and the villeins J virgate and 2 oxen. There 

 Drogo has 2 villeins, 2 bordars, 2 serfs, 10 beasts, 

 10 swine, 40 sheep, 10 acres of wood(land), 3 

 acres of meadow and 20 acres of pasture. Worth 

 10 shillings a year ; when the bishop received it 

 it was worth 5 shillings. 



' Crayleigh alias Crealey in Faringdon in East 

 Budleigh hundred. 



' Probably Hassok alias Haske on the Creedy in 

 Upton Helion in West Budleigh hundred. 



' That part of Morchard Bishop which is in 

 Witheridge hundred, i.e. Rowlstone. 



'° East Spurway in Oakford in Witheridge hundred. 



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