A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



Godebold has a manor called Lewendona 

 [Livaton] ^ which 2 thanes held in parage 

 [pariter ; Exch. in paramo) T.R.E. and it paid 

 geld for \ hide. This 4 ploughs can till. Rainer 

 holds it of Gudebald. Thereof R[ainer] has \ 

 virgate in demesne, and the villeins \\ virgates 

 and I plough. There R[ainer] has 4 villeins, 2 

 bordars, i serf, 4 acres of meadow and 20 acres 

 of pasture. Worth 10 shillings; when G[ode- 

 bold] received it the same. 



Haimeric de Archa has a manor called Bra- 

 DELEiA [Bradleigh] ^ which Edmar (Exch. Edmer) 

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

 I plough can till. Thereof H[aimeric] has 3 

 ferlings and 2 ploughs in demesne and the villeins 

 I ferling. There H[aimeric] has 3 bordars, 2 

 serfs, 3 beasts, 2 swine, 20 sheep, 12 acres of 

 wood(land) and 3 acres of pasture. Worth 18 

 shillings ; when H[aimeric] received it 5 shillings. 



fol. 473. 



Fulcer has a manor called Lega [Leigh] ^ 

 which Goduin held T.R.E. and it paid geld for 

 3 virgates. These 5 ploughs can till. Roger 

 holds the same of Fulcer. Thereof Roger has 

 in demesne i virgate, i ferding and 2 ploughs, 

 and the villeins 2 virgates all but i ferding, and 



1 plough. There Roger has 4 villeins, 2 bor- 

 dars, 4 serfs, 8 acres of meadow and 30 acres of 

 pasture. Worth 30 shillings a year ; when he 

 received it it was worth 40 shillings. 



Nicholas the crossbowman (archibalistarius) has 

 a manor called Alra [Aller] * which Edmer 

 held T.R.E. and it paid geld for J virgate. This 



2 ploughs can till. John holds it of Nicholas. 

 Thereof J[ohn] has i ferling and i plough in 

 demesne and the villeins i ferling and 2 oxen 

 towards a plough. There J[ohn] has 2 villeins, 

 5 bordars, 10 beasts, 24 goats, 3 acres of wood- 

 (land), 10 acres of meadow and 30 acres of 

 pasture. Worth 10 shillings; when N[icholas] 

 received it 5 shillings. 



Nicholas has a manor called Lega [Leigh] ° 

 which Summerlet held T.R.E. and it paid geld 

 for I virgate. This J- plough can till. There 

 Nicholas (has) i bordar, 3 acres of wood(land), 

 i^ acres of meadow, and 20 acres of pasture. 

 Worth 3 shillings a year. This manor is (one) 

 of the exchanges of Nicholas. 



' Livaton alias Lounston Peveral in Ilsington in 

 Teignbridge hundred. See fol. 502. Trans. Devon 

 Assoc, xxix, 238. 



' East Bradleigh in Tiverton parish and hundred. 

 GeldroD, fol. 6j, A 6. 



^ Leigh in Loxbear in Tiverton hundred. Trans. 

 Devon Assoc, xxxv, 313. 



* Aller alias Over Aller in Abbot's Kerswell in 

 Haytor hundred. Feud. Aids, i, 345. 



' Braraleigh in Farway in Colyton hundred 

 (O.J.R.). Whitleigh (T.W.W.). Geldroll, fol. 6U, 



As- 



Godebold has 2 houses in Essecestra [Exeter]^ 

 which paid by custom T.R.E. 16 pence a year. 



fol. 475. 



THE LAND OF THE KING'S SER- 

 VANTS {SERFIENTIUM) IN 

 DEVENESIRA7 



William the (king's) usher {hostiarius) has a 

 manor called Tauelanda [Tawland] * which 

 Godric held T.R.E. and it paid geld for 1 virgate. 

 This 3 ploughs can till. Now Robert holds it of 

 William. Thereof R[obert] has i ferling and 

 I plough in demesne, and the villeins 3 ferlings 

 and I J ploughs. There R[obert] has 3 villeins 

 and 2 serfs, 12 beasts, 6 swine, 30 sheep, 10 

 acres of wood(land), 8 acres of meadow and 50 

 acres of pasture. Worth 20 shillings ; when 

 W[ilHam] received it it was worth 10 shillings 

 This manor paid to the king's demesne-manor 

 called Tauetona [Tawton] by way of customary 

 due either i ox or 30 pence a year. 



William has a manor called Cruc [Crook] ' 

 which Ailward (Exch. Alward) held T.R.E. and 

 it paid geld for 3 virgates. This 6 ploughs can 

 till. There W[illiam] has in demesne i virgate 

 and 2 ploughs, and the villeins 2 virgates and 4 

 ploughs. There W[illiam] has 10 villeins, 3 

 bordars, 6 serfs, i rouncey, 9 beasts, 5 swine, 50 

 sheep, 232- acres of meadow and 200 acres of 

 pasture. Worth 30 shillings a year ; when he 

 received it 10 shillings. 



These 2 manors are amongst William's lands 

 by exchange. 



William has i virgate of land^" which 2 

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

 There Ralf has i serf and l bondwoman 

 (ancilla). It pays 5 shillings. This also is 

 amongst W[illiam's] exchanges. 



W[illiam] has a manor called Cadelia 

 [Cadeleigh] ^i which 2 thanes held in parage 



« See fol. So6b. 



' The king's servants are grouped together as 

 No. 52 in the Exchequer book. First among them 

 is enumerated William the gate-keeper, whom the 

 Exeter book places among military tenants, and last 

 among them are Morin, whom the Exeter book places 

 among the French knights, and the priests of 

 Bodmin, whom the Exeter book places among Eng- 

 lish thanes. In point of order ' Lege ' and ' Torre ' are 

 placed at the end of William the usher's estates. 

 Gatcombe is followed by Limor, Holecome, and 

 Newetona. 



' Probably Cocktree with Taw Green in South 

 Tawton parish and hundred. See fol. 496. 



' Crook Burnel in North Tawton parish and hundred. 



'" Uppacot in North Tawton parish and hundred 

 (O.J.R.), Trans. Devon Assoc, xxxvi, 357 ; orNetacot, 

 Uplowman (T.W.W.). 



" Cadeleigh in Hairidge hundred. Geldroll, fol. 

 Sjb, A 12. 



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