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| HER Number: | MDV17996 |
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| Name: | SETTLEMENT in the Parish of North Molton |
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Summary
North molton was moltona in domesday, with twitchen, it belonged to the king, and before the conquest to queen edith. King john gave them to roger de la zouche who was in possession in 1220. Roger's son alan succeeded him, and in 1241, held the manor of northmouton, 'by what service is not known' (testa de nevil). Nicholas de st. Maur was lord in 1316 (reichel).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 73 29 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS72NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | North Molton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH MOLTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS72NW/37
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SETTLEMENT (VIII to Late Medieval - 701 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.
North molton was moltona in domesday, with twitchen, it belonged to the king, and before the conquest to queen edith. King john gave them to roger de la zouche who was in possession in 1220. Roger's son alan succeeded him, and in 1241, held the manor of northmouton, 'by what service is not known' (testa de nevil). Nicholas de st. Maur was lord in 1316 (reichel).
Layley, C. G., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV61286.
North molton became a royal manor after king william i, had appropriated large stretches of exmoor for hunting. Documents refer to the manor in 1270, 1275 and 1309 when it passed through various people (layley).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV93037.
Reichel, o. J. /hundreds of devon/(1928-1938)76,209,489,522-526,531, 556/the one-time hundred of north molton in early times.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV93038.
Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)344.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV93039.
Des=layley, c. G. /a short history of the parish church of all saints, north molton/(circa 1980).
Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.
North molton appears in various forms throughout the middle ages in different documents (gover et al).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV1312 | Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1931. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. VIII. A5 Hardback. |
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| SDV242 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV61286 | Migrated Record: Layley, C. G.. |
| SDV93037 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV93038 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV93039 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 30 2015 5:07PM |
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