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The feudal barony of Great Torrington whose '' caput'' was Great Torrington Castle in Devonshire, was one of eight
The feudal barony of Great Torrington whose '' caput'' was Great Torrington Castle in Devonshire, was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire
According to Sanders (1960) there were eight certain or probable English feudal baronies in Devonshire:
*Feudal barony of Bampton
*Feudal barony of Bradninch
* Feudal barony of Great Torrington
*Feudal barony of Okehampton
* Feudal barony of Totnes ...
which existed during the mediaeval era.Sanders, Contents, pp. ix-xi; the others being Bampton, Bradninch, Okehampton, Barnstaple
Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...
, Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Plympton
Sources
*Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327, Oxford, 1960, pp. 48–9, ''Great Torrington'' * Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp. 20–1, ''Torinton'' * Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p. 362, ''The Baronies of this County, etc.,''References