FEUDAL BARONAGE 



Juhel, Johel, or Judhel, of Totnes, was himself the son of an Alfred, 

 and was succeeded by his son Alfred,^ who joined Baldwin de Redvers in his 

 defence of the castle of Exeter in 1136. 



An early authority ** alleges that after the death of the Conqueror, 

 William Rufus expelled Juhel from Totnes and gave his inheritance to Roger 

 de Nonant ; but Juhel was certainly lord of both Barnstaple and Totnes in 

 1 1 1 3,' though it is possible that Nonant may have been in possession of Totnes 

 under him ; for in 1123, whilst Juhel still held Barnstaple, Guy de Nonant 

 apparently held Totnes.* Henry I must, therefore, have given Totnes or 

 approved its transfer to Roger de Nonant some time before 1123,^ but not 

 until he had previously granted the castle, together with the manors of 

 Cornworthy and Loddiswell, to Reginald de Braose." Roger de Nonant was 

 succeeded by his sons Guy, Henry, and Roger II, in succession,'^ then by 

 Guy's son, Roger III,* and Roger III was followed by his son Guy, who held 

 ' the tenement ' in Henry II's reign.' Befpre the death of King Richard, 

 Henry de Nonant, who married Isabel Bulbek, was in possession,^" and was 

 deeply in debt to the Jews." A claim was then put forward to ' the tene- 

 ment' by William deBraose,^^ a descendant of Juhel's daughter, resulting in a 

 partition effected in 1206.^' One moiety called specifically the honour of 

 Totton was awarded to William de Braose,^* together with twenty-eight fees,^^ 

 whilst Henry de Nonant retained the other moiety, including Hurberton, 

 Broad Clyst, and Ashprington, specifically described as the honour of Hurber- 

 ton, also with twenty-eight fees.^° On the death of Henry de Nonant" the 

 honour of Hurberton was acquired by Roger de Valletort, probably by 



^ Oliver, Mon. 241 ; Trans. Devon. Assoc, xii, 162 ; xxix, 233, ». 16. 



' Dugdale, Bar. i, 414 ; Risdon, 'Notebook, 60. 



' Round, Feud. Engl. 486, ». 4, draws attention to the fact that in 1 09 1 Roger de Nonant attested the 

 foundation charter of Old Sarum Cathedral, and that the monks of Laon reported, in 1 1 1 3 : ' We came to the 

 castle called Bannistaple, where dwelt a lord called Joel of Toteneis ' (Herman, ii, 1 7) ; adding that they after- 

 wards visited Totnes, ' the castle of the aforesaid lord.' 



* Charter of Henry I in Round, Feud. Engl. p. 483, has Johel of Berdestaple and Guy of Totnes as 

 witnesses. 



' Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), I95<J, in Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxvii, 424 : 'The manor of Hurberton, 

 King Henry I gave to Roger de Nunhaut, the elder, by what service is not known.' Hund. R. (Rec. 

 Com.), No. 29, p. 83 : 'Henry I granted the borough of Totton to Roger de Nonant. Many fees were 

 then alienated, but no one knows how, or when.' 



* Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), I95fl; Dugdale, Bar. i, 610. 



'Cartulary of Bucfast Abbey in Hingeston-Randolph, Exeter Episc. Reg. Grandisson, pp. 1570-3, 

 1594-7, shews that Roger de Nonant's wife was called Alice, that Guy, Henry, and Roger II were their sons; 

 that Henry's wife was called Elizabeth, and Guy's Mabel ; that Guy's son, Roger III, succeeded his uncle, 

 Roger II, and had to wife, Alice, who held Dartington, Langacre alias Borough House in Broad Clyst, and 

 Holne (Pipe R. 22 Hen. II), and that she had a son called Guy. 



' Cartulary of Bucfast Abbey, in Hingeston-Randolph's Grandisson, p. 1572. ' Oliver, Mon. 135. 



'" Pipe R. I John : Robert son of John was disseised of Brixton by Henry de Nonant, before the death 

 of King Richard. " Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 195a/ Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxvii, 427. 



"According to Dugdale, Bar. i, 418, William de Braose died in 1 212, leaving by Maud de Haia, 

 commonly called Maud de St. Walerie, two sons, Giles, bishop of Hereford, and Reginald, and four daughters, 

 Joanna, wife of Richard, Lord Percy, Loretta, wife of Robert, earl of Leicester, Margaret, wife of Walter de 

 Lucy, and Maud, wife of Griffith, prince of Wales. His eldest son and his widow were starved to death at 

 Windsor by command of King John. For a correction of Dugdale see Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxvii, 422, ». 12. 



" Rot. Lit. Claus. (Rec. Com.), 8 John, m. 2. " Red Book, 594 ; 'Dugdi&Xc, Baronage, i, 610. 



" Red Book, 594, gives 28|+^-|--s^ as William de Braose's share in 121 1, but in 1234 Eva de Braose 

 paid on twenty-eight fees. Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 187^, I95i», Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxix, 500. 



'* Red Book, 594, in Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxiii, 384, gives zyf+i+^+Ts fees as Henry de Nonant's 

 share in 121 1, but in 1234 Reginald de Valletort paid on 28 {Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 187^, 195;? ; 

 Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxix, 500), and in iz86 they were said to be 32 {Feud. Aids, 331). 



" Henry's widow, Isabella, remarried Robert de Ver, earl of Oxford, who held her dower-land in 1 2 1 7 

 {Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), i95tf). 



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