HOLDERS OF LANDS 



7 beasts, 30 sheep, and 2 acres of meadow. 

 Worth 10 shillings ; when S[awin] received it 

 it was worth 5 shillings. This land Queen 

 M[athilda] gave to him in alms. 



Algar the priest has a hide of land in the 

 king's manor of Brantona [Braunton] ^ which 

 he holds in alms of the king. This 8 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the priest has i virgate and 3 

 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins have 3 vir- 

 gates and 5 ploughs. There the priest has 3 

 villeins, 23 bordars, 5 beasts, 12 swine, 100 

 sheep, 10 goats, and 20 acres of pasture. Worth 

 50 shillings a year. 



In the king's manor of Sut Moltona [South 

 Molton] 4 priests {sacerdotes s Exch. presbyteri) hold 

 I virgate of land in alms of the king.* Worth 

 20 shillings a year. 



The abbot (Exch. The church) of St. Michael 

 of the Mount has a manor called Otritona 

 [Otterton] ' — a market is held there on Sundays, 

 — which Countess Githa (G«?^«) held T.R.E., 



fol. 195. 



and it paid geld for 14 hides. These 25 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof the abbot has 2 hides and 

 6 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins 1 2 hides 

 and 40 ploughs. There the abbot has 50 vil- 

 leins, 20 bordars, 33 saltworkers {salinarios), 

 4 rounceys, 18 beasts, 60 swine, 300 sheep, 

 22 goats, 3 mills paying 40 shillings, 150 acres 

 of wood(land), 45 acres of meadow, and i^ 

 leagues of pasture. This manor is worth 18 

 pounds ; when the abbot received it it was 

 worth 10 pounds. 



The abbot of Battle {Abbas de Praelio ; Exch. 

 Ecclesia de Labatailage) has I hide of land and i 

 church in Colitona [Collumpton] ^ which Tor- 

 bert held T.R.E. There the abbot has in 

 demesne I virgate and I plough, and the villeins 

 3 virgates and 3 ploughs. There the abbot has 

 6 villeins, 4 bordars, 8 beasts, 2 acres of wood- 

 (land), and 8 of meadow. Worth 30 shillings 

 a year. 



' Braunton Dean alias the church manor in 

 Braunton in Braunton hundred. See Geldroll, xx, 

 A 13. 



' Church manor of South Molton in South Molton 

 hundred, of which a part lay in Braunton hundred 

 (Geldroll, fol. 66, A 1 3 ; and South Molton, fol. 66, 



A 7). 



^ Place Barton the demesne with the manors of 

 Otterton aftas Nether, or Monks' Ottery, and Hether- 

 land in East Budleigh hundred, extending over the 

 parishes of Otterton and Sidmouth together with 

 Yattington in Bicton. Devon Notes and Queries, 

 i, 245 ; Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxiv, 715. 



* The church manor in Collumpton alias Upton, 

 Weaver, and Ash in Hairidge hundred with the 

 outlier of Henland locally in Kentisbeare. Testa de 

 NevilK^ec. Com.), 194^, 197^. 



The canons {Exch. The church) of St. Mary 

 of Rouen hold a manor called Otri [Ottery] ' 

 and also an orchard {ortum) and a saltern paying 

 30 pence a year in the land of St, Michael of 

 Sedemuda [Sidmouth] which they held in King 

 E[dward]'s time, when it paid geld for 25 hides. 

 These 46 ploughs can till. Thereof the canons 

 have in demesne 5 hides and 3 ploughs, and the 

 villeins 20 hides and 40 ploughs. There the 

 canons have 55 villeins, 24 bordars, 17 serfs, 5 

 swineherds paying 31 shillings and 3 pence, also 



1 rouncey, 24 beasts, 6 swine, 130 sheep, 18 

 forest mares, 3 mills paying 30 shillings a year, 

 20 acres of wood(land), 200 acres of meadow, 

 and 8 hides of pasture. 



The same canons {Exch. The church itself) 

 have another manor called Rourige [Rawridge] " 



fol. igsb. 



which Olvieva {Exch. Ulveva) held T.R.E. , and 

 that (manor) King William gave to the canons 

 {Exch. to St. Mary) and it paid geld for 3 hides. 

 This 12 ploughs can till. Thereof they have 

 themselves in demesne i hide and 2 ploughs, 

 and the villeins 2 hides and 10 ploughs. There 

 the canons have 20 villeins, 8 bordars, 4 serfs, 

 20 beasts, 72 sheep, 30 goats, half a hide of 

 wood(land), and 20 acres of meadow. These 



2 manors pay yearly 70 pounds of Rouen money 

 {rothomagensium denariorum). 



St. Michael {Exch. The church itself) has a 

 manor called Erticoma {Exch. Herticome) [Yar- 

 ticombe] ' which Earl Herrold held T.R.E., and 

 it paid geld for 3 hides. These 12 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof the abbot of St. Michael has i 

 hide and I plough in demesne, and the villeins 

 2 hides and 10 ploughs. There the abbot has 

 16 villeins, 8 bordars, 4 serfs, i rouncey, 7 

 beasts, i mill worth 6 shillings a year, i swine- 

 herd paying i o swine a year, 40 acres of wood- 

 (land), 4 acres of meadow, and 50 of pasture. 

 It pays 60 shillings a year ; when he received it 

 it was paying the same. 



The abbot of St. Michael has a manor called 

 Donitona [Denningon] * which Earl Herrold 

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



' Ottery St. Mary manor in East Budleigh hun- 

 dred, the parish including salterns at Sidmouth, given 

 to the canons by the Confessor in 1 061. Kemble, 

 Codex Diphmaticus, iii, 339 ; Cal. Docts. in France, 

 No. I. 



' Rawridge in Upottery in Axminster hundred. 

 Rouen pence were, at a later date, worth half the 

 value of English pence. 



' Yarticombe alias Yarcombein Axminster hundred. 

 Cal. Docts. France, No. 734. 



* Dennington with Stout Mill in Yarcombe in Ax- 

 minster hundred. Trans. Devon Assoc, xii, 464 ; 

 XXXV, 694. Bull of Adrian IV in Cal. Docts. in 

 France, z6i), confirms to St. Michael besides ' Erti- 

 combe,' ' Estelleia, and Wiscombe.' Devon Notes and 

 Queries, i, 253. 



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