A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



The two last named passed to the crown by escheat in 1 162^ and were given 

 to William Briwere ; the two former were also held of Briwere's heirs in 

 1286, Chaworth holding Pole Antony/ and Mohun holding Northcot.* 



With the honour of Plympton also went thirty-nine manors, held in 1086 

 by the king's military ofHcers, with an assessment of 27! hides and about 1 2,500 

 acres under cultivation, eleven manors held by his household officers, with an 

 assessment of 9 hides and some 5,000 acres, and fourteen manors held by the 

 Englishmen Adret, Alward and Saulf, Edwin, Ulf, Odo son of Edric, Alveva, 

 Alric, and Leuric,* with an assessment of 4J hides and rather less than 2,500 

 acres essarted from the forest, making a total for the honour of 185 manors 

 assessed at 125^ hides, with a cultivated area of roughly 86,000 acres. To 

 the above must be added the royal estates which passed by grant after the 

 date of the survey into the hands of subjects, and were heldof this honour, viz. 

 Wonford and Halsford,^ North Tawton,* Exminster,'' Ermington Peverel,^ 

 Walkhampton' including Sheepstor,"Bradstone," Witheridge,^' Stokenham,^' 

 Herdwick and Plympton,^* and Tiverton ;" also Honiton," which had been 

 the count of Mortain's, besides six manors, which at the time of the survey 

 were Baldwin's, viz. Middlecot, Torington, Hele Poer, Woodington, 

 White way, and 'Alraford'; three which were Juhel's, viz, Eggbuckland, 

 Compton GifFard, and Hooe ; and one which was Odo's, viz. Plymtree. 



THE HONOUR OF OKEHAMPTON 



The largest landholder in Devon at the time of the Domesday Survey 

 was Baldwin de Brionis, son of Count Gilbert de Brionne, in Normandy, 

 called also Baldwin de Molis, from the castle of Meules where he was born, or 

 de Clare," but usually, Baldwin the sheriff. He owned 177 manors assessed 

 at 146 hides, and comprising roughly 100,000 acres under cultivation in the 

 county. With six exceptions, viz. Middlecot, Whiteway, and ' Alraford,' of 

 which three Rannulf was under-tenant,^^ Hele Poer and Woodington, of which 

 William the usher was under-tenant, and Torington, of which Richard was 

 under-tenant, all Baldwin's estates are subsequently found held of the honour 

 of Okehampton. That honour included in addition three fees held of 

 the bishop of Exeter," at Yeo in Crediton,^" at Dittishamand at Slapton," one 

 of the bishop of Coutances' estates, viz, Brampford Speke,^^ one of William 

 Capra's, viz. Hunshaw,'* two estates held by Godeva, Brictric's widow, viz. 



' Whale in Trans. Devon. Assoc, xzxiii, 397. ' Tend. Aids, 219. ' Ibid. 



*■ i.e. North Wick, Kismilton, Butterleigh, Wadham, Southwood, Codaford, Clyst William, St. James' 

 Church, Warsbrightleigh, Twyney, Goodameavy, Northweek, Rousdon, and Ashford Peverel. See above, 

 Domesday Survey. 



* Feud. Aids, 313. ^ Cal. Inq. Hen. Ill, p. 176. Inq. p.m. I Ric. II, No. 12. 



' The submanors of Exminster, Breynton, Haldon, and Southwood are all held of Plympton in Cal. 

 Inq. Hen. Ill, p. 176 and Feud. Aids, 389. 



« Cal. Inq. Hen. Ill, p. 175. » Ibid. p. 176. " Ibid. " Ibid. 



" Feud. Aids, 342. " Stokes Herbert, Cal. Inq. Hen. Ill, p. 175. 



" Cal. Inq. Hen. Ill, p. iz, in 29 Hen. Ill, Baldwin de Ripariis, sometime earl of Devon, died, seised of 

 'Erdewik and Bottesford,' with the hundred court and borough of Plympton. Ibid. p. 176 ; 'Herdewik' 

 manor with lands in Hysley, co. Cornwall. 



'* Cal. Inq. Hen. Ill, p. 12; ' Thuverton ' manor and borough with the hundred court. 



'= Ibid. p. 176. "■ Round, Feudal Engl. 473. 



'' Presuming that ' Alraforde ' is Rosamondford, Briwere was successor to Rannulf in all three. 



" Lib. Niger, 115. '" Feud. Aids, 337. 



" Ibid. 331. Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxii, 542. "" Inq. p.m. i Ric. II, No. 12. 



^ Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxvi, 353. 



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