feudal baronies in Devonshire
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According to Sanders (1960) there were eight certain or probable English feudal baronies in Devonshire:Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960
- Feudal barony of BamptonSanders, p.5
- Feudal barony of BradninchSanders, p.20
- Feudal barony of Great TorringtonSanders, p.48
- Feudal barony of OkehamptonSanders, p.69
- Feudal barony of TotnesSanders, p.89; Pole
- Feudal barony of BarnstapleSanders, p.104
- Feudal barony of Berry PomeroySanders, p.106
- Feudal barony of PlymptonSanders, p.137
Other sources, including William Pole writing in the early 17th century, have indicated there were an additional four feudal baronies. These baronies are: Dartington,{{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039388007&view=1up&seq=215 |title=Testa de Nevill; sive, Liber feodorum in Curia scaccarii. Temp. Hen. III. & Edw. I. |publisher=G. Eyre and A. Strahan |year=1807 |location=London |pages=191 |language=la |trans-title=Head of Nevill; or, The Book of Fees in the Court of the Exchequer}}Pole, pp.16-17, Dertinton Harberton,{{Cite journal |last=Rose-Troup |first=Frances |date=1935 |title=The Honour of Harberton |journal=Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association |volume=67 |pages=253-284}}Pole, p.21, Hurberton Bishop of Exeter,Pole, pp.27-31 Abbot of Tavistock{{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039388007&view=1up&seq=217 |title=Testa de Nevill; sive, Liber feodorum in Curia scaccarii. Temp. Hen. III. & Edw. I. |publisher=G. Eyre and A. Strahan |year=1807 |location=London |pages=193 |language=la |trans-title=Head of Nevill; or, The Book of Fees in the Court of the Exchequer}}Pole, p.33
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Sources
- Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960
- Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, Book I, pp.1-33
- Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, pp.361-4, The Baronies of this County and how many Knight's Fees were held of the Honours, with the Ensigns of their Ancient Owners