A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



taking length and breadth. Worth 40 shillings 

 a year. 



The abbot {Exch. The church) has a manor 

 called Carsuella^ [Kerswell] which in King 

 E [d ward] 's time paid geld for i^ hides. This 8 

 ploughs can till. Thereof the abbot has |- hide in 

 demesne and 2 ploughs ; and the villeins have i 

 hide and 4 ploughs. There the abbot has 10 

 villeins, 9 bordars, 2 serfs, I rouncey, 6 beasts, 

 100 sheep, 30 goats, 12 furlongs of wood(land) 

 counting length and breadth, 1 2 acres of meadow 

 and pasture 5 furlongs in length by 30 acres in 

 breadth. Worth 40 shillings a year. 



The abbot {Exch. The church) has a manor 

 called Fluta" which he held himself T.R.E., 

 and it paid geld for ^ hide. This 6 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the abbot has \ virgate 

 in demesne and i plough ; and the villeins 

 have 3|- virgates and 3 ploughs. There the 

 abbot has 6 villeins, 19 bordars, 2 serfs, i 

 rouncey, 2 beasts, 46 sheep, 8 acres of meadow, 

 pasture 5 furlongs in length by a like amount in 

 breadth, 1 1 salterns paying 1 1 pence yearly. 

 Worth 40 shillings a year. 



The abbot {Exch. The church) has a manor 

 called Bera [Beer] ' which he held himself 

 T.R.E., and it paid geld for ^ hide. This 7 

 ploughs can till. Thereof the abbot has J vir- 



fol. 184b. 



gate in demesne and i plough, and the villeins 

 have 3^ virgates and 5 ploughs. There the 

 abbot has 7 villeins, 20 bordars, 2 serfs, i cow, 

 100 sheep all but 7, 7 acres of meadow and 

 pasture I league in length by ^ in breadth. 

 Worth 4 pounds a year. From this manor i 

 ferting of land * and 4 salterns have been taken 

 away, which Drogo now holds of the earl 

 of Mortain. 



fol. 194. 



LANDS OF CHURCHES WHICH HAVE 

 BEEN GIVEN TO THE SAINTS IN 

 ALMS' 



The abbot of Caen {Abbas Cadomensh) {Exch. 

 The church of St. Stefan of Caen) has a manor 



' Abbot's Kerswell in Haytor hundred. 



' Probably the present Seaton in the parish of Beer 

 and Seaton in Colyton hundred. 



' Beer in the parish of Beer and Seaton in Colyton 

 hundred. The assessments of the demesne and vil- 

 leinage of these two estates probably treat the two 

 estates as one. Otherwise the quantities are in each 

 case double of the total assessments. 



* Probably near Whitecliff on the streamlet in 

 Beer and worked by the two saltworkers belonging to 

 Honiton (fol. 2 1 6b) which Drogo held. 



' Instead of following the sequence of the hundreds 

 the Exchequer Book here follows the seniority or 

 importance of the churches to which the estates 

 belonged. 



called NoRTHAM [Northam] * which Bristric 

 {Exch. Brictric) held T.R.E., and it paid geld 

 for 2 hides and J virgate. Now the abbot of 

 St. Stephen holds it by gift of the queen in 

 alms. This 20 ploughs can till. Thereof the 

 abbot has i virgate and 3 ploughs in demesne, 

 and the villeins have ij hides and ^ virgate 

 and 14 ploughs. There the abbot has 23 vil- 

 leins, 5 bordars, 8 serfs, i swineherd, 23 beasts, 

 345 sheep, I fishery paying yearly 30 pence, 

 2 salterns paying 10 shillings a year, 24 acres of 

 wood(land), 30 acres of coppice, 15 acres of 

 meadow, and 15 of pasture. It pays 12 pounds 

 a year and paid the same when the abbot re- 

 ceived it. 



The abbess of the Holy Trinity at Caen 

 {Exch. The church of the Holy Trinity of 

 Caen) has a manor called Umberleia [Umber- 

 leigh] ' which Bristric {Exch. Brictric) held 

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

 gate. This 12 ploughs can till. Thereof the 

 abbess has i virgate and 2 ploughs in demesne, 

 and the villeins i hide and 8 ploughs. There 

 the abbess has 12 villeins, 2 bordars, 3 swine- 

 herds paying 30 swine, 6 serfs, 16 beasts, 80 

 sheep, wood{land) 6 furlongs in length by 2 in 

 breadth and 100 acres of pasture. It pays 11 

 pounds ; when the abbess received it it was 

 worth 10 pounds. 



The abbot of Creneburn Church {Exch. 

 Cranborne Church) has a manor called Losbera 

 [Losebear] * which in King E[dward]'s time 

 paid geld for J hide. This 6 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof the abbot has I virgate and 2 ploughs 



fol. ig4b. 



in demesne, and the villeins I virgate and 4 

 ploughs. There the abbot has 8 villeins, 7 

 bordars, 4 serfs, 2 beasts, 60 sheep, 6 acres of 

 wood{land), 3 acres of meadow, and 30 acres of 

 pasture. Worth 60 shillings. 



Sawin the queen's priest has a manor called 

 BiRiGE [Bridge] ' which Brisfert {Exch. Bricfert) 

 his uncle {avunculus) held in parage {pariter) and 

 he could go to what lord he liked T.R.E. It 

 paid geld for 3 virgates. These 4 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof S[awin] has i Virgate and ^ plough 

 in demesne, and the villeins 2 virgates and i 

 plough. There S[awin] has 3 villeins, i serf, 



° Northam in Shebbear hundred, Cal. Docts. France, 

 Nos. 452, 459, p. 162 ; Trans. Devon Assoc, xxv, 515. 

 In the villeins' assessment I virgate has been omitted, 

 as the GeldroU (fol. 6t,b, B 3) shows, which prob- 

 ably represents Ashridge, making the total right. 



' Umberleigh manor in the parish of Atherington 

 in North Tawton hundred. 



' Loosebear in Zeal Monachorum in Winkleigh 

 hundred. Trans. Devon Assoc, xxix, 271. 



' Swymbridge in Swymbridge parish in South 

 Molton hundred, or Bridge in Lapford {Feud. Aids, i, 

 index). 



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