A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



The count has a manor called Lega [Leigh] ^ 

 which Salwin {Exch. Sawin) held T.R.E., and 

 it paid geld for ^ hide. This 5 ploughs can 

 till. Alward holds it of him. There A[lward] 

 has in demesne i ferling and 2 ploughs, and the 

 villeins 3 ferlings and 3 ploughs. There 

 A[lward] has 7 villeins, 4 bordars, 2 serfs, 16 

 beasts, 10 sheep, 10 goats, 30 acres of wood(land), 



8 acres of meadow, and 40 of pasture. Worth 

 20 shillings a year, and was worth 5 shillings 

 when he received it. These two manors were 

 held freely {liberate)T.^.Y.. Now they have 

 been added to the land of Elmeratorius. 



The count has a manor called Hamistona 

 [Hempston] ^ which Ordulf held T.R.E., and 

 it paid geld for 2 hides. These 10 ploughs can 

 till. Hamelin holds it of the count. Thereof 

 H[amelin] has i hide and 2 ploughs in demesne, 

 and the villeins i hide and 6 ploughs. There 



fol. 317b. 



H[amelin] has 10 villeins, 9 bordars, 3 serfs, 



9 beasts, 9 swine, 68 sheep, 12 acres of wood- 

 (land), 4 acres of meadow, and 10 acres of 

 pasture. Worth 60 shillings, and was worth 40 

 shillings when the count received it. 



The count of Mortain {de Moritonio) has a 

 manor called Coteleia [Cotleigh] ' which 

 Edmar {Exch. Edmaer) held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for 2 hides. These 8 ploughs can till. 

 Now Richard holds it of the count. Thereof 

 R[ichard] has i hide and J virgate in demesne 

 and 2 ploughs, and the villeins have i hide all 

 but J virgate and 6 ploughs. There R[ichard] 

 has 17 villeins, 4 bordars, i serf, 8 swine, and 

 60 sheep. Worth 40 shillings a year, and was 

 worth 20 shillings when the count received it. 



The count has a manor called Motbilia 

 [Modbury]* which Ordrit {Exch. Ordric) held 

 T.R.E., and it paid geld for 4 hides. These 

 23 ploughs can till. Now Raginald holds it of 

 the count. Thereof R[aginald] has i hide in 

 demesne and 3 ploughs, and the villeins have 3 

 hides and 11 ploughs. There R[aginald] has 

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

 beasts, 7 sheep, i swineherd, wood(land) 5 fur- 

 longs in length (by) i in breadth, and i (acre) 

 of meadow. Worth 6 pounds a year ; it was 

 worth 12 pounds when the count received it, 



■ Northleigh in Colyton hundred. The missing 

 virgate is probably Hockland in Budleigh hundred, 

 held with it in 1 241 {Teita, p. 1831^). Sawin 

 held both before Domesday. 



' Broadhempston a/ias Hempston Borard a/ias 

 Great Hempstone aSas Hempstone Cantelo in 

 Haytor hundred (O. J. R.) ; or Little Hempstone 

 (T. W. W.), Tfans. Devon Assoc, xxxvi, 369. 



' Cotleigh in Colyton hundred, 



^ Modbury in Ermington hundred. 



The count has a manor called Orcartona 

 [Orcherton] ^ which Norman held T.R.E., and 

 it paid geld for i hide. This 4 ploughs can 

 till, Raginald holds it of the count. Thereof 

 R[aginald] has \ hide in demesne and i plough, 

 and the villeins \ hide and i plough. There 

 R[aginald] has 3 villeins, 5 bordars, 3 beasts, 22 

 sheep, 4 goats, 6 acres of wood(land), i acre of 

 meadow and i saltern worth 5 shillings a year. 

 This manor is worth 20 shillings a year, and was 

 worth 40 shillings when the count received it, 



fol. ai8. 



The count has a manor called Holescoma 

 [Luscombe] * which Levegar held T.R.E., and 

 it paid geld for \ hide. This 4 ploughs can 

 till. Now Ralf de Pomaria holds it of the 

 count. Thereof R[alf] has i virgate and 2 

 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins i virgate 

 and 2 ploughs. There R[alf] has 5 villeins, 3 

 bordars, i serf, 4 beasts, 2 swine, 20 sheep, 4 

 acres of wood(land), 10 acres of meadow, and 

 4 salterns paying 40 pence a year, and 2 seams 

 {saginas) of salt. Worth 40 shillings, and was 

 worth 30 shillings when the count received it. 



The count has a manor called Bicheberia 

 [Bigbury] ^ which Ordulf held T.R.E., and it 

 paid geld for 2 hides. These 1 2 ploughs can till, 

 Raginald de Valletorta holds it of the count. 

 Thereof R[aginald] has J hide in demesne and 

 2 ploughs, and the villeins have i J hides and 3 J 

 ploughs. There R[aginald] has 1 2 villeins and 

 as many bordars, i rouncey, 10 beasts, 9 swine, 

 107 sheep, 9 goats, i saltern worth 30 pence a 

 year, wood(land) 1 league in length by i furlong 

 in breadth, 5 acres of meadow, and 30 of pasture. 

 Worth 60 shillings a year, and was worth 7 

 pounds when the count got it. 



The count has a manor called Ferdendella 

 [Fardle] * which Domne {Exch. Donno) held 

 T.R.E., and it paid g[eld] for i hide. This 4 

 ploughs can till. Now Raginald holds it of the 

 count. Thereof R[aginald] has i^ virgates in 

 demesne and i plough, and the villeins J hide 

 and J virgate and ig- ploughs. There 

 R[aginald] has 5 villeins, 4 bordars, 4 serfs, 

 I rouncey, 11 beasts, 18 swine, 75 sheep, 30 

 goats, wood(land) 4 furlongs in length by i 

 in breadth, 10 acres of meadow and 300 acres 

 of pasture. Worth 30 shillings a year, and was 

 worth 40 shillings when the count received it. 



From this manor the hundredmen and the 

 king's reeve claim 30 pence and the customary 

 court-dues towards the farm of Ermington, the 

 king's manor. 



° Orcherton in Modbury in Ermington hundred. 



° Luscombe alias Halwell's combe a/ias Jeclescombe 

 {Feud. Aids, p. 35i)tf/w Julescombe in Bigbury in 

 Ermington hundred. 



' Bigbury manor in Ermington hundred. 



' Fardle in Cornwood in Ermington hundred. 



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