A M AN O R BO O K O F OTT ERY SAI NT M ARY EDI TED BY CATH ERINE DURNI NG WH ETH AM AND M ARGARET H ER DAU G HTER W ITH A N OTE ON TH E H I STORY OF THE DEPENDENT MANOR OF CADHAY W W F R S E M . D . c . H THA , S G R E E N A N D CO . L O N G M A N , , N ER ROW L N N 39 PATER OST , O DO K B MBAY AND CALCUTTA NEW YOR , O , All right: ” served P R EFA C E T HE n atural way to le arn history is n o t to pore over n m n a - i troductory pri ers or ge er l text books , but to study r r Of a am iar n r r n r the eco ds f il cou t yside o tow , whethe they be written o n vellum an d kept i n the m un im en t e u a an d n am a ch sts of ch rch , h ll , cou cil ch ber , or be tr ced in an d n an d a a furrow fe ce , cob th tch , bricks n d m ortar a a over the f ce of the l n d . This little book con t ain s the result of a series of m n i n a . m a a schoolroo lesso s loc l history , de possible by fortun ate com bin ation Of the requisite m aterial within ’ t the ran ge of a day s journ eyin g . I deals prim arily with the survey of a m an or m ade by an in dustrious a i n n n n an d m a n stew rd the seve tee th ce tury , kes o n a c l e e f prete ce to give o m p t history . The di ficulty of un derstan din g the con ditio n of even a sm all portion of a coun ty duri n g a selected cen tury Without referen ce to even ts occurri n g over a m uch l arger exten t of tim e an d space led step by step to the puttin g together of n a i n a m the i troductory ch pter , which the p rt ight be seen to take its place i n the larger dram a of n ation al O m n . B u t a Ma develop e t full history of ttery St ry, s n D n m a n a in deed of the whole cou ty of evo , yet re i s n an d i n a an to be writte , th t history , the subst ce of the presen t study will be but an episode . I t m ay be said that the writin g of history has n o w A MANOR BOOK OF OTTERY ST MARY becom e so m uch an affair of experts that it is rash fo r the un skilled han d to trespass o n the con fin es of their n But n n n o n m an dom ai . the ki dly i terest show y sides suggested that frien ds an d n eighbours m ight like to i n f i Of a a n m m sh are the ru ts quiet explor tio , while the e ory of m an y pleasan t hours m akes it n atural to hope that a n o nn n O St Ma others , who h ve co ectio with ttery ry , m ay be in spired to con sider an d take n ote of the eviden ces from which they also can put together for them selves the story of som e fam iliar fragm en t of our social an d econ om ic structure . We desire to express our gratitude to the Lord of the O a Ho n . n a . n . M or of ttery St M ry , the Rt Sir Joh H K M en n awa C. B . an d a r n y , , to his Stew rd , Joh Kenn a wa i n a n a fi y , for their courtesy llowi g us ccess to the n e series of records i n their custody . We wish also to G an . a n am th k Mr T L psley, of Tri ity College , C bridge , ’ a d . a n n H . am Cam Mr J Cl ph , of Ki g s College , bridge , a n m an n an d n for their re dy respo se to y questio s i quiries , n H B . B a n a d . a d n a Mr W . ird for dvice e cour gem en t , m ost valuable i n that they cam e from o n e who has m ade a - Of En M E a life study glish records . iss liz beth Stokes , an an h as of Ch cery L e , helped us by con sultin g an d tran scribin g various docum en ts i n the Record Offi ce an d B M m an d C n ritish useu , Miss hristi e Elliott h as given n an a an at a n a co st t ssist ce every st ge of our u dert ki ng . CADHAY OTTERY S r MA , RY , tem S ep ber 1 9 1 3. PART I I NTRODUCTORY CHAPTER S ECTI O N PAG E To o r h I . p g ap y 3 Th e B egi nni ngs o f th e S e ttle m e nt The Origin o f th e Mano r Th e Te n-ants o f th e Mano r Th e So k em e n The Vi ll e ins Th e Co tt a rs Th e S e rfs Th e Lo rd Th e Co u rts o f th e Manor Th e Com m o n Fi e lds I nh eri tance an d S u c c essio n Th e F arm Syste m Th e Mano r o f Ottery St Mary Early H is to ry o f th e Mano r J o h n d er Gran d i sso n Th e N e w tt m n S e le e t. Th e L te H ist r o f L d Te u re i n E d VI I I . a r o y an n nglan The Manor o f Ott ery S t Mary i n th e S e ve ntee nth Ce ntu ry Th e Mo d e rn D eve lopm e nts T H E MAN O R O F O TTERY ST M A RY THE an O Ma a i n Ea n M or of ttery St ry is situ ted st Devo , the p arish church bein g about eleven m iles e ast of Exeter an d six an d a h alf m iles n orth Of h To po grap y . sea at a a B a a the L dr m y . The gre test n n n n m n - a - a le gth , ru i g fro orth e st to south west , is bout an d a a m a m s n four h lf iles , the width bout five ile a d a a n a a a a h lf . The pri cip l geogr phic l fe ture is the River O i i n a i n B a n tter , wh ch r ses e r Otterford , the l ckdow H s a n n n an d ill , p sses close to the little tow of Ho ito , m n a at n n B a n a ai n co es i to the p rish Fe y ridges , le vi g it g n n a n s e a a a m a at Tipto St Joh , to f ll i to the bout ile e st B a n a a a n Of udleigh S lterto , fter tot l course of eightee or n a a a twen ty m iles . Duri g its p ss ge through the p rish , which it divides with con siderable accuracy in to two a O n a a equal p rts , the tter receives its pri cip l tribut ry , a a a - am n m the T le , f ir sized stre risi g six or eight iles a away am on g the hills roun d B roadhem bury . The T le a at Cl a e rn tal e or Tal e water en ters the p rish of Ottery p , E i n a n o w the hom e farm of scot House , the p rish of n as n Tal efo rd an d a Talaton ; the ce , p si g through cross h a a n the bottom of the Cad y est te , it joi s the Otter below half a m a the weir above Cadhay bridge , ile bove the 4 A MANOR BOOK OF OTTERY sr MARY ’ n Ottery m ill an d the St S avi our s bridge .