Feudal baronies in Devonshire

According to Sanders (1960) there were eight certain or probable English feudal baronies in Devonshire: ^[1]

• Feudal barony of Bampton ^[2]
• Feudal barony of Bradninch ^[3]
• Feudal barony of Great Torrington ^[4]
• Feudal barony of Okehampton ^[5]
• Feudal barony of Totnes ^[6]
• Feudal barony of Barnstaple ^[7]
• Feudal barony of Berry Pomeroy ^[8]
• Feudal barony of Plympton ^[9]

Other sources, including William Pole writing in the early 17th century, have indicated there were an additional four feudal baronies. These baronies are: Dartington, ^{[10] [11]} Harberton, ^{[12] [13]} Bishop of Exeter, ^[14] Abbot of Tavistock ^{[15] [16]}

See also

• Feudal baronies in Cornwall

References

1. Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960
2. Sanders, p.5
3. Sanders, p.20
4. Sanders, p.48
5. Sanders, p.69
6. Sanders, p.89; Pole
7. Sanders, p.104
8. Sanders, p.106
9. Sanders, p.137
10. Testa de Nevill; sive, Liber feodorum in Curia scaccarii. Temp. Hen. III. & Edw. I. [Head of Nevill; or, The Book of Fees in the Court of the Exchequer] (in Latin). London: G. Eyre and A. Strahan. 1807. p. 191.
11. Pole, pp.16-17, Dertinton
12. Rose-Troup, Frances (1935). "The Honour of Harberton". Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 67: 253–284.
13. Pole, p.21, Hurberton
14. Pole, pp.27-31
15. Testa de Nevill; sive, Liber feodorum in Curia scaccarii. Temp. Hen. III. & Edw. I. [Head of Nevill; or, The Book of Fees in the Court of the Exchequer] (in Latin). London: G. Eyre and A. Strahan. 1807. p. 193.
16. Pole, p.33

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