HOLDERS OF LANDS 



The bishop has a manor called Langehewis 

 [Lang Hewish] ^ which Sawin held T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for ^ hide all but i ferling. 

 This I ploughs can till. He could go to any 

 lord he liked. Leuric holds it of the bishop. 

 There L[euric] has i plough in demesne, 

 2 bordars, lo acres of coppice, and 2 acres of 

 meadow. Worth lo shillings ; when the bishop 

 received it it was worth 5 shillings. 



The bishop has i ferling of land in Polesleuia 

 {Exch. Poleslewe) [Polsloe]* which Alwin held 

 T.R.E. This I plough can till. Anger (Exch. 

 Ansger) holds it of the bishop. There A[nger] 

 has I plough in demesne, 2 serfs, 20 sheep, 



6 goats, 2 acres of meadow, and 16 of pasture. 

 Worth I o shillings a year ; when the bishop 

 received it 4 shillings. 



fol. 136. 



The bishop has 10 burgesses in Earnest apla 

 [Barnstaple] ' who pay 3 shillings and 9 pence ; 



7 houses lying in ruins, ^ virgate of land and 



1 mill paying 20 shillings a year, beside 20 shil- 

 lings out of the customary dues of the king's 

 burgesses. 



The bishop has in Essecestra {Exch. Execes- 

 tre) [Exeter] * 3 houses and i lying in ruins 

 which were in the demesne of King E[dward] 

 T.R.E. and paid customary dues. 



The bishop has 6 houses in Essecestra 

 [Exeter] which Drogo holds of him. Four of 

 these were quit of customary dues T.R.E. and 



2 paid dues. Drogo now withholds them, viz., 

 16 pence. 



LAND OF THE GLASTONBURY {GLAS- 

 TINGHEBERIENSIS) ABBOT [Exch. OF 

 THE CHURCH OF GLASTINBERY) 

 IN DEVENESIRA 



fol. 161. 



The abbot {Exch. The church) of Glaston- 

 bury has a manor called LiM [Uplyme] ° and 

 it paid geld for 6 hides. These 7 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the a[bbot] has 3 hides and 

 2 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins 3 hides 

 and 5 ploughs. There the a[bbot] has 16 

 villeins, 4 bordars, 4 serfs, 5 beasts, 7 swine, 

 26 sheep, 4 goats, wood(land) 20 furlongs 

 in length by i fiirlong in breadth, 8 acres of 

 meadow, pasture 2 leagues in length by i league 

 in breadth. Worth 3 {^Exch. 4 as also Exon. fol. 



• Lang Hewish alias Langage in Plympton St. Mary 

 in Plympton hundred. 



' Polsloe in Heavitree in Wonford hundred. Devon 

 N. and Q. ii, 24, 188. 



' Barnstaple locally in Fremington hundred. 



* Exeter locally in Wonford hundred. 



' Uplyme in Axminster hundred. Cari. Sax. i, 313. 



527^) pounds a year, and was worth the same 

 when he received it. 



LANDS OF THE ABBOT OF TAVE- 

 STOCH CHURCH IN DEVENESIRA « 



fol. 177. 



The abbot {Exch. The church) of Tavestoch 

 [Tavistock] has a manor called Tavestocha 

 [Tavistock] ' which paid geld in the time of 

 King Edward for 3^ hides. These 40 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the abbot has ^ hide and 

 5 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins have 

 thereof i^ hides and 14 ploughs. There the 

 abbot has 17 villeins, 20 bordars, 12 serfs, i roun- 

 cey, 26 beasts, 12 swine, 200 sheep, 30 goats, 

 I mill for the service of the abbey {Exch. the 

 court), wood(land) 2 leagues in length by i in 

 breadth, 16 acres of meadow, and pasture 10 

 furlongs in length by a like amount in breadth. 



Of these 3|- hides 6 knights {milites) hold 

 1 5- hides,* which 4 thanes held of the abbot 

 without being able to become independent of 

 {separari) the church T.R.E. 



Thereof Ermenald has ^ virgate.* There 

 Ermenald has i plough, and his villeins i plough, 

 7 beasts, and 40 sheep. 



Ralf has thereof ^ virgate,''" a villein, and 

 3 coscets, and they have \ plough. 



Hugh has J hide, J virgate, and i ferling," 

 and has in demesne 2 ploughs. He has there 

 I villein, 6 bordars, and 2 serfs, who have 7 

 ploughing oxen {boves ad caruc'). Hugh has 

 there 10 beasts, 12 swine, and 60 sheep. 



Rotbert has i virgate and 2 ferlings,^' and 

 I ^ ploughs in demesne, and the villeins i J ploughs. 



* Exci. reads ' Land of the Church of Tavestoch.' 

 See Dugdale, Mon. Angl. ii, 494, for a list of estates 

 given to the church by the founders, and the bull of 

 Pope Celestine III, in Oliver, Mon. p. 93, for those 

 confirmed to it in 1193. 



' Tavistock aRas Hurdwick manor (TVa«j.i>ifr'o»^/wf. 

 xxviii, 478 ; Ancient Deeds, A 7080) in the hun- 

 dreds of Tavistock and Roborough, extending over 

 Tavistock parish, together with part of Milton Abbot 

 and Cudlip in Petertavy. Before 1 1 14 Tavistock 

 hundred formed part of Lifton hundred. 



° The assessments of the 6 knights amount together 

 to I hide, 2 virgates, oj ferling {Trans. Devon Assoc. 

 xxVii, 192, n. 48), and their area to 850 acres, lying 

 in Tavistock and Milton Abbot. 



' Perhaps Cudlip in Petertavy in Roborough hun- 

 dred (O.J.R.). Feud. Aids, p. 354 : ^ fee. 



'° Perhaps Notley in Tavistock in Roborough hun- 

 dred (O.J.R.). Feud. Aids, p. 354 : Jg. fee. 



" Wick Amadas alias Dabernon in Milton Abbot in 

 Tavistock hundred (O.J.R.). Feud. Aids, p. 322 : in 

 Wyke, Hasworthy, and Okbere I fee. 



" Hundecot alias Youngcot in Milton Abbot in 

 Tavistock hundred (O.J.R.). - Robert is probably 

 Robert de Albemarle, ancestor of William de Albe- 

 marle, who held Hundcot in 1283. Feud. Aids, 

 p. 322. 



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