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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]
Writing in the early 17th century William Pole stated that there were an additional four feudal baronies: Dartington,[10] Harberton,[11] Bishop of Exeter,[12] Abbot of Tavistock[13]
- ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960
- ^ Sanders, p.5
- ^ Sanders, p.20
- ^ Sanders, p.48
- ^ Sanders, p.69
- ^ Sanders, p.89; Pole
- ^ Sanders, p.104
- ^ Sanders, p.106
- ^ Sanders, p.137
- ^ Pole, pp.16-17, Dertinton
- ^ Pole, p.21, Hurberton
- ^ Pole, pp.27-31
- ^ Pole, p.33
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