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,[1] Plympton. It was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the medieval era.[2] It included the so-called Honour of Christchurch in Hampshire (now in Dorset), which was not however technically a barony.[3] The de Redvers family, first holders of the barony, were also Lords of the Isle of Wight, which lordship was not inherited by the Courtenays, as was the barony of Plympton, as it had been sold to the king by the last in the line Isabel de Redvers, 8th Countess of Devon (1237–1293).

Plympton Castle, the motte with parts of ruined walls of the keep on top

History

Domesday Book origins

Many of the lands which later formed the feudal barony of Plympton were formerly held by two Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror (1066–1087):

Descent

The descent of the feudal barony of Plympton was as follows:

de Redvers

The arms of de Redvers: Or, a lion rampant azure

Courtenay

Arms of Courtenay, from about 1200: Or, three torteaux

List of constituent manors

The barony comprised originally the following manors held in-chief per baroniam:

References

  1. Thorn & Thorn, part 2, chapter 1,17
  2. Sanders, Contents, pp. ix–xi; the others being Bampton, Bradninch, Great Torrington, Barnstaple, Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Okehampton
  3. Sanders, p.112
  4. Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 2, Chapter 28
  5. Thorne & Thorne, part 2 (notes), chapter 28
  6. Thorn, part 2, Chapter 21
  7. Sanders, p.137
  8. Sanders, p.138
  9. Both shared common ancestry from William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (died 1217), Isabel's great-grandfather and Courtenay's great-great-grandfather
  10. Sanders, p.70
  11. Cokayne 1916, pp. 323–4
  12. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, new edition, vol.IV, p.317, pedigree chart "The Heirs of Richard FitzBaldwin"
  13. Sanders, p.112: The manor of Christchurch, sometimes called a barony, was part of the barony of Plympton, granted by King Henry I to Richard de Redvers (died 1107), but was sold together with the Isle of Wight to the crown by Isabella
  14. Charter XXII, published in Appendix to Worsley, Sir Richard, History of the Isle of Wight, London, 1781
  15. Sanders, pp.70, 138
  16. Pole, p.5
  17. Historic England. "OKEHAMPTON CASTLE (440855)". PastScape. Retrieved 2011-03-05.

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