Chevithorne

{{Short description|Village in Devon, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name= Chevithorne

| population =

| coordinates = {{coord|50.92|-03.46|display=inline,title}}

| civil_parish = Tiverton

| shire_district= Mid Devon

| shire_county= Devon

| region= South West England

| constituency_westminster=Tiverton and Minehead

| post_town= Tiverton

| postcode_district= EX16

| postcode_area= EX

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= SS9715

|static_image=Chevithorne , Chevithorne Farm and Village Road - geograph.org.uk - 1261020.jpg

|static_image_width=250px

}}

Chevithorne ({{gbmapping|SS9715}}) is a small village near Tiverton, Devon. It lies three miles to the North East of Tiverton. 'Chenetorne' is identified in two entries of Domesday Book:{{cite web|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/SS9715/chevithorne/|title=Chevithorne - Domesday Book|first=Anna|last=Powell-Smith|publisher=}}

The first entry tells us the manor of Chevithorne, had a taxable value 0.6 geld units, and worth £2.3 to the lord in 1086. The holding was populated by 4 villagers. 2 smallholders. 8 slaves.

There was enough ploughland for 2 lord's plough teams. and 2 men's plough teams and had, in addition, 0.12 lord's lands. 8 acres of meadow. 15 acres in pasture. and 3 acres of woodland.

There were also 10 cattle and 60 sheep. The 'Lords' of this holding in 1086: are named as Alwin (who is also named as lord in 1066), and Beatrix (the sister of Ralph of Pomeroy and William 'the goat').

Ralph de Pomeroy was Tenant-in-chief, He was a large land holder in Devon, and his brother William held several properties as both lord and Tenant-in-Chief.

The balance of the land was held by Baldwin,'the Sheriff', as Tenant in Chief, served by Rogo (son of Nigel) as lord. The holding included 3 villagers. 3 smallholders. 3 slaves; 5 ploughlands . 1 lord's plough teams. 0.5 men's plough teams, in addition to 0.12 acres of lord's lands. 11 acres in meadow, and 12 acres in pasture for 5 cattle. 16 pigs. 18 sheep. 6 goat. Plus 100 acres of woods for hunting. All valued to the lord, in 1086, at £1.