Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief

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rdf:langString The Domesday Book of 1086 lists in the following order the tenants-in-chief in Devonshire of King William the Conqueror: * Osbern FitzOsbern (died 1103), Bishop of Exeter * Geoffrey de Montbray (died 1093), Bishop of Coutances * Glastonbury Church, Somerset * Tavistock Church, Devon * Buckfast Church, Devon * Horton Church, Dorset * Cranborne Church, Dorset * Battle Church, Sussex * St Mary's Church, Rouen, Normandy * Mont Saint-Michel Church, Normandy * St Stephen's Church, Caen, Normandy * Holy Trinity Church, Caen * Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester (died 1101) * Robert, Count of Mortain (died 1090), half-brother of the king * Baldwin de Moels (died 1090), Sheriff of Devon, feudal baron of Okehampton, * Juhel de Totnes (died 1123/30), feudal baron of Totnes, Devon * William de Mohun (died post 1090), feudal baron of Dunster, Somerset * William Cheever, (Latinised to Capra, "she-goat"), feudal baron of Bradninch, Devon. He was brother of Ralph de Pomeroy (see below), feudal baron of Berry Pomeroy Devon * William de Falaise, feudal baron of Stogursey, Somerset * William de Poilley, whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Plympton * William II, Count of Eu (died 1097) * Walter of Douai (died c. 1107), Feudal baron of Bampton, Devon * Walter de Claville, brother of Gotshelm; his lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Gloucester * Gotshelm, brother of Walter de Claville; his lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Gloucester * Richard fitz Gilbert (died c. 1090), elder brother of Baldwin de Moels, Sheriff of Devon, feudal baron of Okehampton, * Roger de Busli (died c. 1099) * Robert of Aumale (Latinised to de Albemarle); his lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Plympton * Robert Bastard, whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Plympton * Richard Fitz Turold (died post 1103-6) (alias fitzThorold, fitzTurolf), whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Cardinham, Cornwall * Ralph de Limesy, most of his Devon manors passed to the Feudal barony of Bradninch * Ralph Pagnell * Ralph de Feugeres * Ralph de Pomeroy, feudal baron of Berry Pomeroy, brother of William Cheever, feudal baron of Bradninch * , whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Plympton * Theobald FitzBerner, whose lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Great Torrington. He was the father-in-law of * Turstin FitzRolf, feudal baron of North Cadbury, Somerset * Alfred of Spain * Alfred the Breton * Ansger * * , son-in-law of Theobald FitzBerner. His lands later formed part of the Feudal barony of Great Torrington. * * The wife of * Gerald the Chaplain * Gerard * Godbold * Nicholas the Bowman (or "Nicholas the Gunner") * Fulchere ("Fulchere the Bowman"), most of his lands later became part of the feudal barony of Plympton * Haimeric * King's Servants * King's Thanes