HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Ralf holds it of the abbot. Thereof Ralf has 



1 virgate and 2 ploughs in demesne, and the 

 villeins 3 virgates and 4 ploughs. There Ralf 

 has 10 villeins, 6 bordars, 3 serfs, 14 beasts, 

 15 swrine, 50 sheep, 30 goats, 20 acres of wood- 

 (land), 1 00 acres of meadow, and 120 of pasture. 

 Worth 60 shillings {Exch. 3 pounds) ; wrhen the 

 abbot received it it was worth less. 



The abbot of Tavistock was seised of Ol- 

 WRiTONA [Werrington] ^ on the day on which 

 King William sent his barons to inquire as to 

 the lands of England, and his predecessor before 

 him had been seised thereof; but by the king's 

 barons he was disseised thereof on the ground that 

 according to the Englishmen's testimony it did 

 not belong to the abbey T.R.E. 



The abbot {Exch. The church itself) has a 

 manor called Hama [Ham] ^ which paid geld 

 for 2 hides. These 20 ploughs can till. There- 

 of the abbot has i virgate and 2 ploughs in 

 demesne, and the villeins i hide, 3 virgates, and 

 15 ploughs. There the abbot has 21 villeins, 

 6 bordars, 4 serfs, 6 beasts, 4 swine, 118 sheep, 



2 acres of wood(land), 6 acres of meadow, and 

 60 acres of pasture. This manor pays 100 

 shillings a year ; when the abbot received it it 

 was worth 60 shillings. 



The abbot {Exch. The church itself) has a 

 manor called Wrdieta [Worthyate] ' which in 

 King E[dward]'s time paid geld for ^ hide. 

 This 5 ploughs can till. Thereof the abbot has 

 ^ virgate and i plough in demesne, and the 



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villeins ij virgates and i plough. There the 

 abbot has 6 villeins, 5 bordars, i serf, 20 sheep, 

 6 goats, 12 acres of wood(land), and 8 acres of 

 meadow. Worth 20 shillings ; when the abbot 

 received it it was worth 10 shillings. 



Abbot Gosfrid {Exch. The church itself) has 

 a manor called Bernurtona {Exch. Bernintone) 

 [Burrington] * which Abbot Sitric held T,R.E., 

 and it paid geld for 4 hides {Exch. 3 hides). 

 This 24 ploughs can till. Thereof the abbot 

 has ^ hide and 3 ploughs in demesne, and the 

 villeins have 2^ hides and 8J ploughs. On this 

 (manor) the abbot has 15 villeins, 11 bordars, 



' Werrington in Blacktorington hundred. This 

 entry is absent from the Exch. copy. It only ap- 

 pears as the king's * Uluredintone ' on fol. 98. Free- 

 man, Norman Conquest, v, 747, states that it was re- 

 granted to the abbey in 1096. 



' Combe the demesne with the manor of Abbot- 

 sham in Shebbear hundred, the parish. 



' Worthgate in Parkham in Shebbear hundred. 



* Burrington manor in North Tawton hundred. 

 From the particulars as well as from the Exch. book 4 

 hides seems an error for 3 hides. 



4 serfs, 4 boors {hurt), 4 swineherds paying 40 

 swine yearly, 8 beasts, 6 swine, 46 sheep, 28 

 goats, 60 acres of wood(land) and coppice, 8 of 

 meadow, and i league of pasture. It pays 

 7 pounds a year ; when he received it it was 

 worth 100 shillings. 



To this manor (mansio) 2 manors {maneria ; 

 Exch. 2 estates [terrej) have been added, the 

 land of 2 thanes who held it in parage {par'tter ; 

 Exch. as 2 manors) on King E[dward]'s day.* 

 Of these lands William Capra has i^ virgates^ 

 where there is land for 6 ploughs. There 

 W[illiam] has i^ ploughs, 3 villeins, and i 

 bordar. Worth 20 shillings a year and was 

 worth 30 shillings when he received it. This 

 W[illiam] holds of the abbot. 



Of that same manor Gosfrid holds a manor 

 which paid geld for i virgate.' There Gosfrid 

 has 3 ploughs, and land which 5 ploughs can till, 

 3 villeins, 3 bordars, 6 acres of coppice, 3 acres 

 of meadow and common pasture. Worth 

 1 5 shillings a year ; when he received it it was 

 worth 30 shillings. 



fol. I7gb. 



The abbot has a manor called Raddona [Rad- 

 don] 8 which Olmer {Exch. Ulmer) held T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for i virgate. This 2 ploughs 

 can till. William holds it of the abbot. Thereof 

 W[illiam] has in demesne 3 ferdings, and the 

 villeins I ferding and ^ plough. There W[illiam] 

 has I villein and i serf, 13 acres of meadow, and 

 50 of pasture. Worth 5 shillings yearly. 



The abbot has a manor called Liega [Leigh] ' 

 which paid geld for i hide T,R,E. This 10 

 ploughs can till, Nigel and Robert hold it of 

 the abbot. Thereof N[igel] has in demesne 

 2^ ferdings and 2 ploughs, and his villeins 2 vir- 

 gates all but J ferding, and three ploughs. 

 There N[igel] has 7 villeins, 6 bordars, 4 serfs, 

 6 beasts, 10 swine, 60 sheep, 17 goats, 26 acres 

 of wood(land), 20 of meadow, and 40 of pasture. 

 This part is worth 25 shillings a year, Robert 

 has thereof in demesne ij ferling^" and i plough, 

 also 3 villeins, 4 bordars, 3 serfs, 6 beasts, 6 swine, 

 40 sheep, 10 goats, 13 acres of wood(land), 



' After ' King Edward's day,' the Exch. substitutes : 

 ' and they paid geld for ^ hide. Arable for 1 1 ploughs. 

 In demesne are 4J ploughs, 6 villeins, and 4 bordars ; 

 3 acres of meadow are there ; 6 acres of coppice and 

 common pasture. Formerly 60 shillings ; now it is 

 worth 35 shillings. William Capra and Goisfrid 

 now hold it of the abbot.' 



^ Capra's manor is Northcot in Burrington. 



' Probably Halsbury in Burrington. 



' Chapel Raddon in Thorverton in Hairidge hun- 

 dred, now part of "East Raddon (Lysons, ii, 504). 

 Seemingly William is William the usher who held 

 East Raddon. 



' Romansleigh manor in Witheridge hundred. 

 " Probably Wodham alias Odam in Romansleigh in 

 Witheridge hundred. 



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