A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



10 ploughs can till. Thereof the a[bbot] has 



1 hide and i plough in demesne, and the villeins 



2 hides and 2 ploughs. There the a[bbot] has 

 9 villeins, 4 bordars, 3 serfs, i rouncey, 16 

 beasts, 200 sheep, 23 goats, 100 acres of wood- 

 (land), and 200 of pasture. It pays 40 shillings 



fol. ig6. 



a year ; when he received it it paid the same. 



The abbot of Battle {Abbas Bataillie ; Exch. 

 The church itself) has in Essecestra {Exch. 

 Excestre) [Exeter] a church,' St. Oilaf 's {Exch. 

 St. Olaf 's), and 7 houses w^hich paid the custo- 

 mary dues, i.e. 4;. id. a year, and one that did 

 not pay them.^ 



fol. 310. 



LAND OF THE COUNT OF MOR- 

 TAIN \PE MORITONIO ; Exch. 

 MORITONIENSIS] IN DEVENE- 

 SCIRA^ 



The count has a manor called Estocheleia 

 {Exch. Stochelie) [Stockleigh] * which Alward 



' Church of St. Olave and the site of St. Nicholas's 

 priory, a dependency of Battle Abbey. See Testa de 

 'Nemll (Rec. Com.), 194^; Oliver, Mm. p. 115. 



' Here follows in the Exch. copy : The land of Earl 

 Huga. 



^ Instead of following the order of the hundreds 

 the Exchequer Book enumerates first the manors 

 which the count had in demesne, beginning with Exeter, 

 followed by Stockleigh, Wick, Shobrook, and Raddon. 

 Next come the tenants' manors, beginning with 

 Stockleigh, in the same order as the Exeter Book down 

 to Bulkworthy and Smytham belonging to Edmera- 

 torius' honour, after which follow the other manors 

 held with that honour, ' Liteltroriland,' Stockleigh 

 Luccombe, Sutton Satchvil, Poughill, Holbrook Grind- 

 ham, Little Faringdon, Honiton, Wombernford, 

 Northleigh, North Ludbrook, Luperidge, Edmers- 

 ton. Higher Hearston, Winston, and Densham, 

 and a memorandum at the foot : ' The aforesaid 

 1 7 lands the count of Mortain holds with the land of 

 Edmeratorius which was delivered to him ; for T.R.E. 

 the aforesaid thanes held them independently.' Then 

 comes a group of manors formerly held by Edmer, 

 viz. Frizenham, Wedfield, Feniton, Cotleigh, Corn- 

 wood, Newton Ferrers, Great Bolbury, and Buck- 

 land ; another group formerly held by Ordulf, Alver- 

 discot, Bratton Fleming, Croyde, St. Mary Church, 

 Broad Hempston, Bigbury, Harford, and Beer 

 Ferrers ; and a group of seven with the heading: * The 

 underwritten seven lands the count held along with 

 Ordulf 's honour,' the seven being Hele Satchvil, Stock- 

 leigh English, Little Modbury, Torridge, Hearston, 

 Spriddleston, and 'Wederige.' The rest follow in 

 order, viz. Stockleigh Frances, Matford, Tatscombe, 

 Denson, Petton, Clyst St. Laurence, Thornbury, 

 Chitterleigh, Bickleigh, Corscombe, Charlton, Mod- 

 bury, Orcherton, Luscombe, Fardle, Venn, Bittaford, 

 Dennaton, Torpeake, South Ludbrook, Little Bol- 

 bury, Batson, Bawcombe, Shilston, Spriddlecombe, 

 Honicknowl, and Lipson. 



* Stockleigh in Highampton in Blacktorington hun- 

 dred (O.J.R.) ; Lee in Hartland (T.W.W.). 



held T.R.E., and it paid geld for I ferling. 

 Now Alward holds it of the count. This i 

 plough can till. There Alward has i plough in 

 demesne, 3 bordars, 2 serfs, 4 beasts, 24 sheep, 

 and 24 goats. This manor is worth 10 shillings 

 a year. 



The count has a manor called Ghiderleia * 

 {Exch. Chiderleia) [Gidleigh] which Godwin the 

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

 This I plough can till, and Godwin now holds 

 it of the count {consule). This manor is worth 

 5 shillings a year. 



The count has a manor called Alwinetona 

 [Alwington] « which Ordulf held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for i hide and 3 virgates. This land 

 20 ploughs can till. Now Hamelin holds it of 

 the count. Thereof Hamelin has J hide and 

 2 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins i hide, 

 I virgate, and 9 ploughs. There H[amelin] has 

 15 villeins, 15 bordars, 10 serfs, 21 beasts, 10 

 swine, 120 sheep, 12 goats, 30 acres of wood- 

 (land), 3 acres of meadow, and 60 of pasture. 

 This manor is worth 4 pounds, and was worth 

 30 shillings when the c[ount] received it. 



The count has a manor called Lega [Leigh] ' 

 which Ordulf held T.R.E., and it paid geld for 

 I hide. This 10 ploughs can till. Alvered 

 holds it of the count. Thereof A [Ivered] has 



1 virgate and 2 ploughs in demesne, and the 

 villeins 3 virgates and 6 ploughs. There 

 A [Ivered] has 15 villeins, 6 bordars, 4 serfs, 



9 beasts, lOO sheep, 4 acres of wood(land), 



10 acres of meadow, and 60 acres of pasture. 



fol. 3iob. 



It is worth 4 pounds, and was worth the same 

 when the count received it. 



The count has a manor called Fredeletestoc 

 {Exch. Fredelestoch) [Frithelstock] * which Ordulf 

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

 20 ploughs can till. Rotbert son of Ivon holds 

 it of the count. Thereof R[otbert] has 2^ vir- 

 gates and 4 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins 



2 hides J virgate and 1 1 ploughs. There R[otbert] 

 has 30 villeins, 12 bordars, 10 serfs, 20 beasts, 

 10 swine, 80 sheep, 16 goats, 60 acres of wood- 

 (land), 20 acres of meadow, and 60 acres of 

 pasture. This manor is worth 8 pounds, and 

 was worth the same when the count received it. 



The count has a manor called Colelia {Exch. 

 Colelie)[Culleigh] ' which Chepin held in parage 



" Gidleigh Church manor in the hundred of South 

 Tawton (O.J.R.). 



° Alwington manor in Shebbear hundred. 



' Monkleigh in Shebbear hundred. 



' Frithelstock in Shebbear hundred. The total as- 

 sessment exceeds the sum of the lord's and villeins' 

 assessment by i virgate, which is probably the i vir- 

 gate added to Bulkworthy, fol. 497*5. trans. Devon 

 Assoc, xxxii, 531. 



' CuUeigh in Frithelstock in Shebbear hundred. 



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