Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art Volume 30 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...by Judhel. (Trans, xxix. 234, n. 17.) Another estate, Fierseham (No. 504, p. 475) must also have been given to the Church after the Conquest, because Eddulf, we are told, held it previously. It was given to the monks of St. Michael's Mount, to which King William was a large benefactor, most probably as a votive gift after a safe arrival in this country across the sea, St. Michael of Mount Tuba being the patron saint of those in peril on the sea. The Conqueror's queen Matilda had given Washburton (Aisbertone) to Judhel. In grateful acknowledgment of his obligation to her, Judhel, on her death, gave Foletone (No. 652, p. 625), to St. Mary of Totnes for prayers for her soul. The queen died in 1083, and the gift is mentioned in Domesday, so that the date of the gift is limited to three years. Follaton had been in lay hands before the Conquest and belonged to Aluric. Not very long after Domesday, St. Mary's, Totnes, together with its property, including Follaton, was bestowed by Judhel on Totnes Priory, a cell of the Benedictine House of St. Sergius and St. Bacchus at Angers. (Oliver, Mon. 238.) B. The estates given to the Church by the Conqueror and his queen consist of the following. That they were his gifts may be gathered from the fact that all of them are stated to have been in lay hands before the Conquest. h. v. f. Acres. (1) Northam (No. 303, p. 281), Northara..13 2 2,084 (2) Umberlie (No. 304, p. 283), Umberleigh, Atherington (3) Otritone (No. 300, p. 277), Otterton. (4) Donitone (No. 301, p. 277), Dennington Yarticombe (5) Erticome (No. 302, p. 279), Yarticombe (6) Coletone (No. 295, p. 271), Columton. (7) Rourige (No. 299, p. 273), Kovidge, Up ottery.... (8) In South Molton aud Braunton (No. 305 p. 285).... (9) In Braunton (No 307, p. 285). (10) In Ki...