The

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of 1086 lists in the following order the tenants-in-chief in

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

shire of King

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England The monarchy of the United Kingdom, ...

: * Osbern FitzOsbern (died 1103),

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Geoffrey de Montbray Geoffrey de Montbray (Montbrai, Mowbray) (died 1093), bishop of Coutances ( la, Constantiensis), also known as Geoffrey of Coutances, was a Norman nobleman, trusted adviser of William the Conqueror and a great secular prelate, warrior and admini ...

(died 1093),

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* Glastonbury Church, Somerset * Tavistock Church, Devon * Buckfast Church, Devon * Horton Church, Dorset * Cranborne Church, Dorset * Battle Church, Sussex * St Mary's Church,

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* Mont Saint-Michel Church, Normandy * St Stephen's Church,

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, Caen * Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester (died 1101) *

Robert, Count of Mortain Robert, Count of Mortain, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (–) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side) of King William the Conqueror. He was one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Has ...

(died 1090), half-brother of the king *

Baldwin de Moels Baldwin FitzGilbert (died 1086-1091) (''alias'' Baldwin the Sheriff, Baldwin of Exeter, Baldwin de Meulles/Moels and Baldwin du Sap) was a Norman magnate and one of the 52 Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror, of who ...

(died 1090), Sheriff of Devon,

feudal baron of Okehampton The feudal barony of Okehampton was a very large feudal barony, the largest mediaeval fiefdom in the county of Devon, England,Thorn & Thorn, part 2, chapter 16 whose ''caput'' was Okehampton Castle and manor. It was one of eight feudal baroni ...

, * Juhel de Totnes (died 1123/30),

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, Devon *

William de Mohun William de Mohun of Dunster, Earl of Somerset (c. 1090 – c. 1155), 2nd feudal baron of Dunster, was a favourite of Empress Matilda Empress Matilda ( 7 February 110210 September 1167), also known as the Empress Maude, was one of the c ...

(died post 1090), feudal baron of Dunster, 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 Devon * William de Falaise,

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of Stogursey, Somerset *

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, whose lands later formed part of the

Feudal barony of Plympton The feudal barony of Plympton (or Honour of Plympton) was a large feudal barony in the county of Devon, England, whose ''caput'' was Plympton Castle and manor, Plympton. It was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the ...

William II, Count of Eu William II, Count of Eu, feudal baron of Hastings (died about 1095) was a first generation Anglo-Norman nobleman, Count of Eu and rebel. Origins According to most authorities he was the son and heir of Robert, Count of Eu, (died before 1093), ...

(died 1097) *

Walter of Douai Walter of Douai (Old Norman: ''Wautier de Douai'') (born c.1046, died: c.1107) was a Norman knight, probably at the Battle of Hastings, and a major landowner in South West England after the Norman Conquest, being feudal baron of Bampton in Devon ...

(died c. 1107), Feudal baron of Bampton, Devon *

Walter de Claville Walter I de Claville ( floruit 1086) (''alias'' de Clarville and Latinised to ''de Clavilla'') was an Anglo-Norman magnate and one of the 52 Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror. He also held lands in Dorset. His De ...

, brother of

Gotshelm {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Gotshelm ( floruit 1086) was an Anglo-Norman magnate and one of the 52 Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror and was also a Cornwall Domesday Book tenant-in-chief. He is listed in the ...

; his lands later formed part of the

Feudal barony of Gloucester The feudal barony of Gloucester or Honour of Gloucester was one of the largest of the mediaeval English feudal baronies in 1166, comprising 279 knight's fees, or manors. The constituent landholdings were spread over many counties. The location of ...

, brother of

; his lands later formed part of the

* Richard fitz Gilbert (died c. 1090), elder brother of

, Sheriff of Devon,

, *

Roger de Busli Roger de Busli (c. 1038 – c. 1099) was a Norman baron who participated in the conquest of England in 1066. Life Roger de Busli was born in or around 1038. His surname comes from the town now known as Bully (near Neufchâtel-en-Bray, mentione ...

(died c. 1099) *

Robert of Aumale {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Robert of Aumale (fl. 1086) (alias ''d'Amarell, Damarell'', etc., Latinised to ''de Albemarle'', ''de Albamara'', etc. ) was one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror (1066–108 ...

( Latinised to ''de Albemarle''); his lands later formed part of the

Robert Bastard Robert Bastard (fl.1086) (also known as Robert le Bastard, List of Latinized names, Latinised as Rotbertus / Robertus Bastardus) was a normans, Norman warrior who assisted in the 1066 Norman Conquest of England under King William the Conqueror. H ...

, whose lands later formed part of the

* Richard Fitz Turold (died post 1103-6) (''alias'' fitzThorold, fitzTurolf), whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Cardinham, Cornwall *

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, most of his Devon manors passed to the Feudal barony of Bradninch *

Ralph Pagnell Ralph Paynel or Paganel (fl. 1089) was an 11th-century Norman, a landowner, partisan of William II of England, and sheriff of Yorkshire. He was the son of Ralph Paynel (also known as Ralph de St. John; Ralph de Brehal; Ralph de Moulins; Ralph de ...

Ralph de Feugeres Ralph de Feugeres was a Norman knight and landowner who was a tenant-in-chief of estates in Devon after the Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up o ...

* Ralph de Pomeroy, feudal baron of Berry Pomeroy, brother of William Cheever, feudal baron of Bradninch *

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, whose lands later formed part of the

* Theobald FitzBerner, whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Great Torrington. He was the father-in-law of

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* Turstin FitzRolf, feudal baron of North Cadbury, Somerset * Alfred of Spain *

Alfred the Breton {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Alfred the Breton (fl. 1086) ( Latinized to ''Alvred Brito'') was one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror. He had 22 landholdings in the county of Devonshire held in-chief ac ...

Ansger Ansger (fl. 1086) of Montacute was one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror. Ansgar is called in Domesday Book "Ansger de Montagud" and also "Ansgar of Senarpont", which manor is situated in the French departme ...

* Aiulf *

, son-in-law of Theobald FitzBerner. His lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Great Torrington. *

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*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 The feudal barony of Plympton (or Honour of Plympton) was a large feudal barony in the county of Devon, England, whose ''caput'' was Plympton Castle and manor, Plympton. It was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the ...

Thorn, Part 2 (notes), ch.49 *Haimeric *King's Servants *

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*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

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