A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



which were dispersed among the families of Geoffrey de Pomeray,' Henry 



de Pomeray of Buckerel/ and those of Huxham,* BoUey,* and Prawle.' 



' William' is the ancestor of William le Peytevin or William of Poitou, who 



held four fees of Pomeray in 1 1 66, including Ogwell Peytevin, West Ogwell, 



Dunscombe, Greedy Peytevin, Yeadbury in Morchard, and Woodford in 



Thelbridge,and of Robert Peytevin, who held the same in 1243.* Beatrice, 



who held West Ghevithorn in Tiverton and Uplowman, was Pomeray 's sister; 



she also held Southleigh and Bradford Tracy of William Gapra, and is called 



his sister.'' Roscelin was Pomeray's under-tenant, as Warin was William 



Gapra's, but the two appear to have held their estates jointly at Waringston,* 



Raplinghays,' and Ivedon,^" in Hemyock, Tiverton, and Budleigh hundreds." 



William Gapra's honour of Bradninch consisted of fewer manors than 



Pomeray's, 46 compared with 60, of lower assessment, 34J hides as against 



40J, but its acreage was nearly equal, 22,000 odd acres as compared with 



something like 23,700. It included seven manors which had belonged to the 



Saxon Alward Tochesons, six which had been Wichin's, six which had been 



Ailmer's, four which had been Alvric's, three Brictric's, two each of Godric's 



and Algar's, and the remaining four single estates of different Saxon owners. Its 



earlier history is somewhat obscure. According to Risdon it followed the 



earldom of Cornwall,^'' Mr. Whale associates it with the honour of Plympton.^^ 



It does not appear as Earl Reginald's in his return of 1 166," but appears 



there as William Tracy's. Besides William Gapra's estates the honour 



included Glyst St. George, which was held of it by Pomeray," and Lymp- 



stone.^* And since Lympstone, which at the date of the Domesday Survey 



was held by Gapra under Richard son of Gilbert, count of Eu and Brionne, 



was granted out in serjeanty by Henry I," it is evident that the honour must 



at the time have been in the king's hand either by escheat or forfeiture. 



Henry I seems to have bestowed it on William Tracy, with whose daughter 



and heiress it passed to John de Sudely and to his second son William, who 



took his mother's name of Tracy and was the murderer of Archbishop Thomas 



of Ganterbury. With this William's daughter Eva it passed in 1 1 74 to 



William Gourteney, who also called himself Tracy. Divers estates were bestowed 



on religious houses by the archbishop's murderer, and others were sold to 



' He had Clyst St. George (^esta de Nevlll (Rec. Com.), 191^ ; Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxv, 299), also Street 

 Ralegh (^esta de Nevill, I9i«), in Domesday Torstan's. 



' He had Weycroft {Feud. Aids, 320), Brockland (p. 328), and Borcombe (p. 331). At the two last 

 named he succeeded the Domesday Geoffrey. 



' He had Huxham and Heavitree {Feud. Aids, 316), also Hill and Exeton {Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxv, 291 ; 

 Testa de Nevill, \<)ia). 



* He had Gappah, Belmarsh, and Babcombe {Testa de NeviU (Rec. Com.), i%ib), held in 11 66 by 

 Hamelin de Boileia {Lib. Niger), 129. ' He had Kennedon and Ranscombe {Feud. Aids, 332). 



' Testa de Nevill {Rec. Com.), iSzi, 190^. 

 ' Exeter Domesday, fol. 406, 404^, 341^. 



* 'Oteri' (Exeter Domesday, fol. 338^), and 'Oteri' (fol. 4001^), both in Buckerel. 



' In ' Oteri ' (Exeter Domesday, fol. 340,5), and in ' Oteri ' (fol. 403^), both in Gittisham. 



10 <Otri' (Exeter Domesday, fol. 342), and 'Otria' (fol. 405), both in Awlescombe. 



" GeldroU, fol. 67, B 3. 



" Rhdon, Notebook, 74. List of fees belonging to it in Inq. p. m. 2 Ric. II, No. 57. 



" Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxiii, 365. 



" Ibid, xxxiv, 511. '' Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 191^. 



'^ Exeter Domesday, fol. 460. 



" Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxv, 299. Lympstone appears to have been held by Pomeray as under-tenant, because 

 Reginald de Albemarle in 1243 held it of Muriel de BoUey {Testa de Nevill, 19 13), and de BoUey constantly 

 represents Pomeray wherever he was under-tenant. See Trans. Devon. Assoc, xxxv, 284. 



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