Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists in the following order the tenants-in-chief in Devonshire of King William the Conqueror:
- Osbern FitzOsbern (died 1103), Bishop of Exeter
- Geoffrey de Montbray (died 1093), Bishop of Coutances
- Glastonbury Church, Somerset
- Tavistock Church, Devon
- Buckfast Church, Devon
- Horton Church, Dorset
- Cranborne Church, Dorset
- Battle Church, Sussex
- St Mary's Church, Rouen, Normandy
- Mont Saint-Michel Church, Normandy
- St Stephen's Church, Caen, Normandy
- Holy Trinity Church, Caen
- Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester (died 1101)
- Robert, Count of Mortain (died 1090), half-brother of the king
- Baldwin de Moels (died 1090), Sheriff of Devon, feudal baron of Okehampton,[1]
- Juhel de Totnes (died 1123/30), feudal baron of Totnes,[2] Devon
- Serlo de Burci Feudal barony of Blagdon,Winterstoke, Somerset
- William de Mohun (died post 1090), feudal baron of Dunster,[3] Somerset
- William Cheever, (Latinised to Capra, "she-goat"), feudal baron of Bradninch, Devon. He was brother of Ralph de Pomeroy (see below), feudal baron of Berry Pomeroy[4] Devon
- William de Falaise, feudal baron of Stogursey,[5] Somerset
- William de Poilley, whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Plympton[6]
- William II, Count of Eu (died 1097)
- Walter of Douai (died c. 1107), Feudal baron of Bampton, Devon[7]
- Walter de Claville, brother of Gotshelm; his lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Gloucester[8]
- Gotshelm, brother of Walter de Claville; his lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Gloucester[9]
- Richard fitz Gilbert (died c. 1090), elder brother of Baldwin de Moels, Sheriff of Devon, feudal baron of Okehampton,[10]
- Roger de Busli (died c. 1099)
- Robert of Aumale (Latinised to de Albemarle); his lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Plympton[11]
- Robert Bastard, whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Plympton[12]
- Richard Fitz Turold (died post 1103-6) (alias fitzThorold, fitzTurolf), whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Cardinham,[13] Cornwall
- Ralph de Limesy, most of his Devon manors passed to the Feudal barony of Bradninch[14]
- Ralph Pagnell
- Ralph de Feugeres
- Ralph de Pomeroy, feudal baron of Berry Pomeroy, brother of William Cheever, feudal baron of Bradninch
- Roald Dubbed, whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Plympton[15]
- Theobald FitzBerner, whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Great Torrington. He was the father-in-law of Odo FitzGamelin[16]
- Turstin FitzRolf, feudal baron of North Cadbury, Somerset[17]
- Alfred of Spain
- Alfred the Breton
- Ansger
- Aiulf
- Odo FitzGamelin, son-in-law of Theobald FitzBerner.[18] His lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Great Torrington.[19]
- Osbern of Sacey
- The wife of Hervey of Hellean
- Gerald the Chaplain
- Gerard
- Godbold
- Nicholas the Bowman (or "Nicholas the Gunner")
- Fulchere ("Fulchere the Bowman"), most of his lands later became part of the feudal barony of Plympton[20]
- Haimeric
- King's Servants
- King's Thanes
See also
References
- ^ Sanders, p.69
- ^ Sanders, p.89
- ^ Sanders, p.114
- ^ Sanders, p.20
- ^ Sanders, p.143
- ^ Thorn, part 2, Chapter 21
- ^ Sanders, p.5
- ^ Thorn, part 2, Chapter 24
- ^ Thorn, part 2, Chapter 25
- ^ Thorn, part 2, chapter 26
- ^ Thorn, part 2, Chapter 28
- ^ Thorn, part 2, Chapter 29
- ^ Thorn, part 2, Chapter 30
- ^ Thorn, part 2, Chapter 31
- ^ Thorn, part 2, Chapter 35
- ^ Thorn, part 2, Chapter 36
- ^ Sanders, p.68
- ^ Thorn, part 2, chap 36 & 42
- ^ Thorn, part 2, chap 42
- ^ Thorn, Part 2 (notes), ch.49
Sources
- Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen. ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 1, List of Landholders in Devon
- Sanders, I. J. English Baronies: a Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960