HOLDERS OF LANDS 



William has a manor called Botesforda [Bat- 

 tisford] ^ which Alwin held T.R.E. and it paid 

 geld for ^ hide. These 3 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof W[illiam] has i virgate and i plough 

 in demesne, and the villeins i virgate and i 

 plough. There W[illiam] has 3 villeins, i bor- 

 dar, and 3 acres of meadow. Worth 10 shillings ; 

 when W[illiam] received it it was worth 5 

 shillings. 



William has a manor called Gosewella 

 [Goosewell] ^ which Heccha {Exch. Heche) held 

 T.R.E. and it paid geld for ^ hide. This 2 

 foi. 417b. 



ploughs can till. Rotbert holds it of W[illiam]. 

 Thereof R[obert] has 1 virgate in demesne and 



1 plough, and the villeins have i (d. i.) virgate 

 and 2 oxen. There R[obert] has i villein, 3 

 bordars, i cow, 30 sheep, 5 swine, and 2 acres of 

 wood. Worth 5 shillings a year. 



W[illiam] has a manor called Bicheleia 

 [Bickleigh]' which Brismar held T.R.E. and 

 it paid geld for i hide. This 8 ploughs can till. 

 Thereof W[illiam] has i virgate in demesne and 



2 ploughs, and the villeins 3 virgates and 3 

 ploughs. There W[illiam] has 7 villeins, 4 bor- 

 dars, 7 serfs, 6 beasts, 5 swine, 146 sheep, 14 

 goats, I fishery worth 5 shillings a year, wood- 

 (land) I league in length by I in breadth, 4 acres 

 of meadow, and pasture i league in length by 4 

 in breadth. Worth 40 shillings a year; when 

 William received it it was worth 20 shillings. 



W[illiam] has a manor called Bochelanda 

 [Buckland] * which Brismar held T.R.E. and it 

 paid geld for 3 hides i^ virgates. These 15 

 ploughs can till. Thereof W[illiam] has ij 

 hides in demesne and 3 ploughs, and the villeins 

 have 2 hides all but ^ virgate and 7 ploughs. 

 There W[illiam] has 24 villeins, 10 bordars, I2 

 serfs, 20 beasts, 40 swine, 130 sheep, i fishery 

 worth 10 shillings a year, i saltern, wood(land) 

 4 leagues in length by 2 furlongs in breadth, 8 

 acres of meadow, and pasture i league in length 

 by I in breadth. Worth 100 shillings a year; 

 when W[illiam] received it it was worth 50 

 shillings. 



William has a manor called Sanforda [Samp- 

 ford] ' which Brismar held T.R.E. and it paid 

 geld for ^ hide. This 8 ploughs can till. Rotbert 

 holds it of W[illiam]. Thereof R[obert] has ^ 



fol. 418. 



virgate in demesne and i plough, and the villeins 



' Battisford in Plympton. 



' Goosewell in Plymstock in Plympton hundred. 



' Bickleigh in Roborough hundred. Geldroll, fol. 

 70, A 4. Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxvi, 1 70. 



* Buckland Monachorum in Roborough hundred. 

 Geldroll, fol. 70, A 4. 



' Sampford Spiney in Roborough hundred. 



have i^ virgates and 2 ploughs. There R[obert] 

 has 12 villeins, i bordar, i serf, 4 sheep, wood- 

 (land) I league in length by 4 furlongs in 

 breadth, and pasture J league in length by i 

 furlong in breadth. Worth 20 shillings ; when 

 he {ipse) received it it was worth 10 shillings. 



fol. 419. 



THE LAND OF ROTBERT DE ALBA- 

 MARLA [Exch. ALBEMARLE) IN 

 DEVENESIRA* 



Rotbert has land in 3 townships {villae) which 

 3 thanes held as 4 manors' and Robert holds 

 them as I manor. In King E[dward]'s time it 

 paid geld for 3 virgates. These 8 ploughs can 

 till. Thereof R[obert] has ^ virgate and i plough 

 in demesne, and the villeins have the rest of the 

 land and 5 ploughs. There R[obert] has 12 

 villeins, 8 bordars, 8 serfs, 14 beasts, 10 swine, 

 80 sheep, 20 goats, wood(land) 4 furlongs and 

 [Exch. omits 4 furlongs and) 20 acres in length 

 by 2 in breadth, i o acres of meadow, and pasture 

 ^ league in length by J in breadth. Two of 

 the above manors are worth 20 shillings, the other 

 two 40 shillings. One of the four is called 

 Odetreu [Ottery] which Oslac and Bulgeret 

 held ; the third Colacoma [CuUicombe] which 

 Oslac held, and the fourth Wilavestreu [Wil- 

 lestrew] which Bulgeret held. 



Rotbert has a manor called Mideltona [Mil- 

 ton] * which Wlwena {Exch. Ulveva) held T.R.E. 

 and it paid geld for ^ hide. This 10 ploughs 

 can till. Thereof R[otbert] has J virgate and 2 

 ploughs in demesne, and the villeins i virgate and 

 I ^ ferdings, and 5 ploughs. There R[otbert] has 

 10 villeins, 11 bordars, 7 bordars {Exch. serfs), 

 30 beasts, 23 swine, 75 sheep, 25 goats, 50 acres 



fol. 4igb. 



of wood(land), 15 acres of meadow, pasture i 

 league in length by J league in breadth. Worth 

 50 shillings ; when R[otbert] received it it was 

 worth 100 shillings. 



Rotbert has a manor called Wicha [Week] * 

 which a woman, namely Uluerona {Exch. Ulue- 

 ron), held T.R.E. and she could go to what lord 

 she liked. It paid geld for i^ virgates. This 



° In the Exchequer copy Robert de Albemarle is 

 No. 28 on the list and follows Roger de Busli. Among 

 his estates ' Mideltone ' holds the first place ; the rest 

 follow as in the Exeter Book. 



' Ottery, CuUicombe, and Willestrew alias Willeshay 

 in Milton Abbot in Lifton hundred. See Geldroll, 

 fol. 65, A 4. 



* Milton Damarel in Blacktorington hundred. 

 Geldroll, fol. 65, A 5. 



' Cookbury alias Week Damarel in Blacktorington 

 hundred. 



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