A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



and I plough in demesne and the villeins have 

 3 virgates and 3 ploughs. There Ansger has 

 6 villeins, 3 bordars, 3 serfs, 8 beasts, 100 sheep, 

 3 acres of coppice, 2 acres of meadow and 27 

 acres of pasture. Worth 20 shillings a year ; 

 when Ansger received it it was worth 10 shillings. 



fol. 481. 



LANDS OF ENGLISH THANES IN 

 DEVENESIRA ^ 



Aldret {Exch. Eldred) has a manor called WiCA 

 [Exch. Wiche) [Week] ^ which paid geld in 

 King E[dward]'s time for J {Exch. i) virgate. 

 This 3 ploughs can till. Thereof he has i 

 ferding in demesne and i plough, and the villeins 

 I ferding and i plough. There A[ldret] has 3 

 villeins, 3 serfs, 8 beasts, 30 wethers {berbices), 

 10 goats, 5 acres of wood(land), 10 acres {achros) 

 of meadow and 1 5 acres of pasture. Worth 20 

 shillings a yean 



Alward has a manor called Colsovenescota 

 [Kismilton ?] ' which A[lward] himself held 

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

 ploughs can till. He has therefore in demesne 

 I ferding and i plough, and the villeins i 

 ferding and i plough. There A[lward] has i 

 villein, 3 bordars, i serf, 8 beasts, 4 swine, 25 

 sheep and 30 acres of pasture. Worth 10 

 shillings a year. 



Colvin has a manor called Chelesorda {Exch. 

 Chelesworde) [Chilsworthy] * which Oseva 

 {Exch. Odeva] held T. R. E. and it paid geld 

 for J vi[r]gate. This 3 ploughs can till. Thereof 

 he has in demesne one third of g- virgate and i 



' In the Exchequer book the estates of each one of the 

 king's English thanes are placed together as No. 53 with 

 the heading The King' sThanes, and are grouped together 

 in the following order : — Colvin ; Godvin ; Godric ; 

 Odo son of Edric ; Eldred ; Alward ; Ansgot ; 

 Donne ; Alnod ; Alwin ; Edvin ; Ulf ; Algar ; 

 Alric ; Aluric ; Leuric ; Saulf ; Alveva ; Alfhilla ; 

 Godeva, the last three being ladies. In the Exeter 

 book they follow the order of the hundreds. 



' Northweek in Thornbury in Blacktorington hun- 

 dred (O. J. R.) ; or Week, Peter's Marland in Sheb- 

 bear hundred (T. W. W.). 



' Kismilton in West Putford in Blacktorington 

 hundred. The W has become an M as in Ly/Kpstone 

 for Lewenston, and the suffix ton has been substituted 

 for cot, as in Elmiston. 



* Chilsworthy in Holsworthy in Blacktorington 

 hundred. Colvin, who was Queen Eddida's steward (fol. 

 ijb), and is called the reeve or manor-steward {pre- 

 positus) in GeldroU, fol. 65, A 5, probably held this 

 and the following estates as the endowment of office 

 in divers manors. The office for which Chilsworthy 

 was subsequently held was that of drysalter or bacon- 

 curer {salsarius) to the king. Cal. Inj. Hen. Ill, 

 No. 815. 



plough, and the villeins have two thirds of that 

 land and 2 ploughs. Upon it Colvin has 6 bordars, 

 and I serf, 15 beasts, 40 sheep, 20 acres of 

 meadow and 20 acres of pasture. Worth 20 



fol. 481b. 



shillings a year. 



Colvin has a manor Bristeleshorda {Exch. 

 Bristelsworde) [Brexworthy] ^ which he held 

 himself T. R.E. and it paid geld for ij ferlings. 

 This I plough can till. There C[oIvin] has 

 I villein and 3 serfs, also 15 acres of meadow 

 and 30 acres of pasture. Worth 5 shillings a 

 year. 



Colvin has a manor called Colteshorda 

 {Exch. Coltesworde) [Coltesworth] * which he 

 held himself T. R. E. and it paid geld for ij 

 ferlings. This 2 ploughs can till. There 

 C[olvin] has i villein and 3 bordars, 5 acres of 

 meadow and 20 of pasture. Worth 7 shillings 

 and 6 pence a year. 



The priests {sacer dotes ; Exch. fresbiterPj of 

 Bomine [Bodmin] have a manor called Holecoma 

 [Hollacombe] '' which they themselves held 

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

 3 ploughs can till. There the aforesaid priests 

 have in demesne i plough and the villeins 2 

 ploughs. Upon it the priests have 6 villeins, 2 

 serfs, 12 beasts, 60 sheep, 30 acres of meadow, 

 and pasture 4 furlongs in length by 2 in breadth. 

 Worth 20 shillings a year. 



Colvin has a manor called Olfereordi 

 {Exch. Olvereword) [Woolfardisworthy] * which 

 Godric held T.R.E. and it paid geld for ^ hide. 

 This 4 ploughs can till. There C[olvin] has 

 in demesne i ferding and i plough, and. the 

 villeins 3 ferdings and 3 ploughs. There 

 C[olvin] has 2 villeins, 4 bordars, 2 serfs, 



fol. 482. 



20 beasts, 60 sheep, 5 acres of meadow and 

 10 acres of pasture. Worth 40 shillings a year; 

 when C[olvin] received it it was worth 20 

 shillings. 



Ansgod {Exch. Ansgot) has a manor called 

 Madona [Meddon] ^ which Ansgod himself 

 held T.R.E. and it paid geld for ^ hide of land. 



' Possibly Brexworthy in Bradworthy in Blacktor- 

 ington hundred (T. W. W.). 



° Coltsworthy in Clawton in Blacktorington 

 hundred (O. J. R.). 



' Hollacombe in Blacktorington hundred. GeldroU, 

 fol. 65, B I. 



' East Woolfardisworthy in Hartland hundred. 

 The missing virgate probably represents Dunsbear, in 

 the same ownership before Domesday. GeldroU, 

 fol. 65, A 5. 



' Meddon in Hartland parish and hundred. Geld- 

 roU, fol. 65, A 6. 



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