A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



worth 20 shillings ; and the other which Godrit 

 held is worth lo shillings ; when Walscin 

 received it it was worth 15 shillings, 



fol. 345b. 



Walscin has a manor called Stotlega ^ 

 which Algar held T.R.E., and it paid geld 

 for J virgate. This 2 ploughs can till. Now 

 Arnald {Exch. Ernald) holds it of Walcin, On 

 it A[rnald] has i plough and 2 villeins who 

 have \ plough, also 2 bordars, 3 serfs, 3 beasts, 

 25 sheep, 6 acres of wood(land), and 20 acres of 

 pasture. Worth 10 shillings a year ; when 

 W[alscin] received it it was worth 5 shillings. 



Walscin has a manor called Baentona [Bamp- 

 ton] ^ which King Edward held on the day on 

 which he was alive and dead. How many 

 hides there are in that land we know not, because 

 it never paid geld. This land 25 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof W[alscin] has land for 4 ploughs 

 in demesne, and there he has 2 ploughs, and the 

 villeins have land for 18 ploughs. There also 

 W[alscin] has 31 villeins, 20 bordars, 2 serfs, 

 15 swineherds paying 106^ swine, 2 rounceys, 



1 mill paying 10 shillings, 2 beasts, 6 swine, 

 23 sheep, 50 goats, and 320 acres of wood(land). 



Along with that land goes {jacei) i hide of 

 land which 5 thanes held in parage {pariter) ; 

 {Exch., in paragio) ' as 5 manors. This 4 ploughs 

 can till. Of it Renuall {Exch. Rademer) has 

 2J virgates. There Renuall has i plough and 

 7 villeins who have 2 ploughs, also 3 bordars, 



2 serfs, I beast, i pig, 2 acres of wood(land) and 



3 acres of meadow. And of that same land 

 Rademar has i virgate. * There R[ademar] has 

 I plough, 3 villeins, ij acres of meadow and 

 10 acres of pasture. Likewise Girard has 

 thereof ^ ferling. ^ And of that same hide 

 W[ilHam] de Moion has \ ferling * which he got 

 wrongfully in fraud of {injuste super) Walscin. 



fol. 346. 



Including this estate {cum ista terra) Baentona 

 [Bampton] is worth 1 8 pounds a year ; when 

 Walscin received it it was worth 21 pounds by 

 weight. 



' Probably in Barry Narbor in Brainton hundred 

 (O.J.R.), Trans. Devon Assoc, xxx, 452 ; or part of 

 Stoodleigh in Witheridge hundred • but close to 

 Bampton. 



^ The hundred manor of Bampton. GeldroU, 



fol. eu, A 2. 



' Dadscombe and Hayne in Bampton \ fee 

 (O. J. R.). Duvale (T. W. W.). 



* Poulton and Leigh in Bampton J fee (O. J. R.). 

 Hele, Clayhanger (T.W.W.). Rademar the clerk 

 was brother to Walter de Douai (Eyton, Somerset, 

 p. 62). 



' Duvale in Bampton ^ fee (O. J. R.). Part of 

 Hockworthy (T. W. W.). Girard was Walter de 

 Douai's steward (Eyton, Somerset, p. 62). 



' Rose Farm in Bampton J of -^ fee (O. J. R.). 

 Thornland Hockworthy (T. W. W.). 



Walscin holds 2 manors which 2 thanes held 

 in parage {pariter ; Exch., in paragio) called 

 Deppaforda [Diptford]' T.R.E., and it paid 

 geld for \ hide. This 6 ploughs can till. Oluric 

 {Exch. Uluric) holds it of W[alscin]-. Thereof 

 0[luric] has in demesne i virgate and 2 ploughs, 

 and the villeins i virgate and 3 ploughs. There 

 0[luric] has 6 villeins, 4 bordars, 3 serfs, 2 asses, 

 4 beasts, 12 swine, 109 sheep, 54 goats, 10 acres 

 of wood(land), 2 J acres of meadow, 10 acres of 

 pasture and I mill paying 8 pence a year. This 

 manor is worth 30 shillings a year ; when he 

 received it it was worth 20 shillings. This 

 manor Walscin holds of the queen, and for that 

 he calls the king to vouch {^ocat regem advocatum).^ 



Walscin {Exch. Walter himself) has a manor 

 called HocHAORDA [Hockford] ' which Etnot 

 {Exch. Ednod) held T.R.E. It paid geld for 

 3 virgates of land. This 5 ploughs can till, 

 Girard holds it of W[alscin]. Thereof G[irard] 

 has in demesne i virgate and i plough, and the 

 villeins 2 virgates and 3 ploughs. There 

 G[irard] has 7 villeins, 6 bordars, 2 serfs, 

 6 beast?, 14 swine, 12 sheep, 3 furlongs of 

 wood(land), 2 acres of meadow and 50 acres of 

 pasture. Worth 35 shillings a year ; when he 

 received it it was worth 30 shillings. 



Walscin has a manor called Cressewaljla 

 [Kerswell] 10 which Ordric held T.R.E. It paid 

 geld for ^ hide. This i plough can till. Girard 

 holds it of W[alscin]. Thereof G[irard] has 



1 serf and 2 acres of meadow. Worth 5 shillings 

 yearly. 



fol. 346b. 



Walscin has a manor called Offecoma 

 [Ufculm] " which Etdeva held T.R.E. It paid 

 geld for 14 hides. These 30 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof W[alscin] has in demesne 5 hides and 



2 ploughs, and the villeins 9 hides and 15 

 ploughs. There W[alscin] has 45 villeins, 

 6 bordars, 6 serfs, i rouncey, 14 beasts, 

 2 swineherds paying 15 swine, 220 sheep, 10 

 goats, 2 mills paying 10 shillings a year, 25 acres 

 of coppice, 25 acres of meadow and 60 acres of 

 pasture. Worth 12 pounds a year; when he 

 received it 10 pounds. 



Walscin has a manor called Chenuestan 

 [Knowstone] ^* which Algar held T.R.E., and it 



' Diptford in Bampton. 



' All lands were held to be lands wrongfully entered 

 upon {invasiones) for which the owner could not show 

 the king's writ or name the man who had put him in 

 possession {liberator) or voucher {advocatus) acting for 

 the king. Freeman, Norman Conquest, v, 758. 



' Hockford in Hockworthy in Bampton hundred. 



" Kerswell in Hockworthy in Bampton hundred. 



" The hundred manor of Ufculm. GeldroU, 

 fol. 68. 



" Knowstone Beaupel alias Church or West Know- 

 stone in South Molton hundred (O.J.R.). 



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