A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



T.R.E. and it paid geld for ^ virgate. This 

 2 ploughs can till. Thereof R[uald] has in 



fol. 414. 



demesne i ferding and the villeins i ferding. 

 There R[uald] has 3 villeins, i serf, 6 acres of 

 wood{land), 2 acres of meadow and 5 acres of 

 pasture. Worth 4 shillings a year ; when he 

 received it it was worth 30 pence. 



Ruald has a manor called 

 {in the margin) ' Thus far R[ichard] wrote.' 



Hanecheforda 

 [Hankford] ^ which Edmaer held T.R.E. and it 

 paid geld for i ferding. This i plough can till. 

 Rainald holds it of R[uald]. There Ra[inald] 

 has I villein and i bordar who have i plough, also 

 4 acres of meadow and 6 of pasture. Worth 3 

 shillings and 4 pence a year j when Ru[ald] 

 received it the same. 



Ruald has a manor called LoBA [Lob] * which 

 Ulf held T.R.E. and it paid geld for J hide. 

 This 4 ploughs can till. Rainald holds it of 

 Ruald. Thereof R[ainald] has i virgate and i 

 plough in demesne, and the villeins i virgate. 

 There R[ainald] has 3 {Exch. 4) villeins, 2 

 bordars, i saltern, 2 serfs, 3 beasts, 28 sheep, 

 7 acres of meadow and 30 acres of pasture. 

 Worth 20 shillings ; when R[uald] received it 

 it was worth 30 shillings. 



Ruald has a manor called Crochewella 

 [Crockernwell] ' which Ulf held T.R.E. and 

 it paid geld for i virgate. This 4 ploughs can 

 till. Rainald holds it of Ruald. Thereof 

 R[ainald] has ^ virgate and i plough in demesne, 

 and the villeins J virgate and i plough. There 

 R[ainald] has 2 villeins, 2 bordars, i serf, 8 

 beasts, 56 sheep, 4 goats, 4 acres of meadow and 

 30 acres of pasture. Worth 1 5 shillings ; when 

 R[uald] received it it was worth the same. 



fol. 414b. 



Ruald has a manor called Polham [Polham] * 

 which 2 thanes held in parage {pariter ; Exch. 

 in paragio) T.R.E. and it paid geld for 

 I J virgates. This 3 ploughs can till. Now 

 Raginald {Exch. Rainald) holds it of Ruald. 

 Thereof Raginald has J virgate and i plough in 

 demesne. There Raginald has i villein, 2 bordars, 

 2 beasts, 27 sheep, 6 acres of wood(land) and 5 

 acres of meadow. Worth 13 shillings a year. 



' Hankford in Bulkworthy in Shebbear hundred. 



' Lob Phelip {Feud. J ids, i, 375) alias South or 

 Lower Lob in Brannton parish and hundred. The 

 saltern settles the locality. 



' Crockernwell in Cheriton Bishop in Wonford 

 hundred. GeldroU, fol. 70^, B 8, calls the tenant 

 Godfrey de Tortavalle, predecessor in title to Rainald 

 de Valletort here and at Fardle. 



* Polham alias Pulham in North Molton parish 

 and hundred. See fol. 499^. 



The (manor) which could be put under {ire ad) 

 any lord (its tenant) liked is called Planteleia 

 [Praunsley]." In it is J virgate and it is worth 3 

 shillings a year. 



Ruald has a manor called Sigeforda [Sigford] ' 

 which Bristrit {Exch. Brictric) held T.R.E. 

 and it paid geld for i virgate. This ij ploughs 

 can till. Now Salomon holds of Ruald. On it 

 Salomon has 4 oxen, 5 sheep, 10 goats, i cow, 

 6 acres of wood(land), and 8 acres of pasture. 

 Worth 5 shillings a year ; w^hen Ruald received 

 it it was worth 3 shillings. 



Ruald has a manor called Pochehilla 

 [Poughill]^ which Edmar held T.R.E. and it paid 

 geld for I virgate and i ferling. This 2 ploughs 

 can till. Upon it are . . . {Exch. 2) ploughs. 

 Worth 5 shillings ; when Ruald received it 



3 shillings. 



Ruald has a manor called Dochorda [Dock- 

 worthy] * which Alfleta {Exch. Alflet) held 

 T.R.E. and it paid geld for i virgate. This 

 2 ploughs can till. Walter holds it of him. 

 There W[alter] has i ferling and i {Exch.^ 

 plough, I serf, 2 bordars, 3 acres of meadow, 



4 acres of wood(land), and pasture i furlong in 

 length by J furlong in breadth. Worth 5 shillings; 

 formerly 3 shillings.) 



Ruald himself holds Avetone [Aveton].^" 

 Sawin held it T.R.E. and it paid geld for 3 

 hides. Arable {terra) for 12 ploughs. In 

 demesne are 3 ploughs and 8 serfs, also 16 

 villeins, and 17 bordars with 4 ploughs, 20 

 acres of meadow are there, 30 acres of pasture, 

 and 44 acres of coppice {silva minuta). Formerly 

 worth 20 shillings ; now worth 3 pounds. 



Rainald holds Alfelmestone [Yealmpstone] ^^ 

 of Ruald. Offerd held it T.R.E. and it paid 

 geld for ^ hide. Arable for 4 ploughs, i^ ploughs 

 are there, also 5 villeins, 3 bordars, i saltern, 

 4 acres of meadow and 20 acres of coppice. 

 Formerly worth 10 shillings, now worth 15 

 shillings. 



Walter holds Hainemardun [Hemmerdon]^' 

 of Ruald. Godo held it T.R.E. and it paid 



' Praunsley in North Molton parish and hundred. 

 This seems to mean that Polham and Praunsley were 

 held as separate manors by two thanes T.R.E. but 

 were united under Ruald. 



° Sigford in Ilsington in the Teignhide section of 

 Wonford hundred. Trans. Devon Assoc, zxxii, 544. 



' Poughill in West Budleigh hundred. 



' Dockworthy in Cheldon in Witheridge hundred. 



° The leaf completing this entry and containing the 

 following 6 entries is lost. The missing parts are sup- 

 plied from the Exchequer copy. 



'° Aveton a/wj Awton Giffard in Ermington hundred. 

 GeldroU, fol. 70, A 5. 



" Yealmpstone in Plympton parish and hundred. 



" Hemerdon in Plympton parish and hundred. 



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