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Rent Book for the Fulford Estate

Transcribed by Fay Sampson Priestley

The properties are in Dunsford, in mid-Devon, and neighbouring parishes.

The column headed 'Lives and Ages in 1776' relates to the system of three-life leases. In his near-contemporary Rural Economy of the West of England (1796) William Marshall describes it thus:

'POSSESSORY RIGHT, or LANDED PROPERTY, puts on an appearance here, very different from that which it wears in other parts of the kingdom'. Instead of letting out their lands to tenants, at an annual rent equivalent to their value, they are sold, in small parcels or farms, generally for THREE LIVES named by the purchaser, or ninetynine years, provided any one of the parties, named, survives that period: reserving, however, a small annual rent, together with a heriot or other forfeiture, on the death of each nominee, similar to those attached to the copyhold tenure, which this species of tenancy, or tenure, very much resembles: it being usual to put in fresh lives, as the preceding ones drop off; receiving a fine or adequate purchase, for the addition of a fresh life, or lives.'

Where a Capon or Harvest Day could be substituted for the rent, this is sometimes abbreviated as 'C.' or 'H.D.'

Fay Sampson Priestley, June 2002

Manor of Dunsford

No^s	Tenements		Lessees	Lives and Ages in 1776				High Rent		Yearly Value
1	The Great Tithes		In Hand					£ s d		£ s d

				Ja^s. Cornish Wills	48	)		1..2..2	)
2	Lewishill		Ja^s. Cornish Wills	Ja^s. C. Wills	26	)	Capon or	..2..0	)	55 0 0
				Jacob Wills	22	)	H. Day	..2..0	)

3	(North and	)		dead in 1777
	(	)	Edw^d. Mitchell	William Floud				1..0..0		48 0 0
	(South Upton	)		d. Edw^d. Mitchell	49

				(Mary Newberry		)		0..13..0	)
4	Oak		Sampⁿ. Newberry	(		)	C: or	0..2..0	)	32 12 6
				(Jane Newberry		)	H: Day	0..2..0	)

				James Esworthy on		)
	(Coridge &	)		both and -	64	)
5	(	)	Ann Esworthy	Ann Esworthy	48	)		0..13..0		40 0 0
	(Goatlake	)		W^m. Esworthy	24	)
				On Coridge only		)

				(Nath^l. Berry	46	)		0.16..0	)
6	West Upton		Tho^s. Berry	(Mary Berry	48	)	C: or	0..2..0	)	45 0 0
				(Tho^s. Berry	36	)	H: Day or	0..2..0	)

				(Betty Harris	60	)		0..10..0	)
7	Staddon		Nich^s. Williams	(and Nich^s. Williams	)		C:or	0..1..6	)	30 0 0
				(Jun^r.	46	)	H:Day or	0..0..6	)

				(Mary Connet	34	)		0..14..0	)
8	Townsend		Eliz^th. Connet	(		)			)	35 10 0
				(Ben: Esworthy	23	)	C:or	0..2..0	)

				(Lessee	52	)		0..9..0	)
9	Small lake		Sam^l. Dingle	(Susanna his Wife	50	)	Cap: or	0..2..0	)	27 0 0
				(Sam^l. their Son	22	)

				Mary Woodley	60	)		0..9..8	)
10	South zeal		Jn^o. Norrish	Mary Woodley	30	)	Ca: or	0..2..0	)	28 12 6
				Mary Norrish	10	)

11	The Wills		Rich^d. Mortimore	Jn^o. Mortimore	70	)		2..0..2	)	22 0 0
				George Mortimore	dead	)	Cap: or	0..2..0	)

12	Westlands		Rob^t. Preston	Tho^s. Petherbridge	56	)		0..8..1		24 0 0
						)	Cap: or	0..2..0

M^r. Batton the Occupier wishes to have a Lease for a Term as he may put in Dressing, at £24 a Year. M^r. Wills is to settle this as the Yearly Rent and Term shod. it be thought proper to grant a Term.

				(John Connett	50	)		0..8.10		29 17 0
13	Leate & Circombe		Geo: Connett	(John Heugoe		)	Cap:or	0..2..0
				(Chang^d. for Mary		)
				(Connett	42	)

14	Kellond		Cha^s. Browning	(Nich^s. Browning	dead			0..3..0		15 0 0
				(W^m. Browning	52		Cap: or	0..2..0

				(Winifred Smerdon	dead	)
15	Warnscombe		W^m. Woodly	(Jacob Wills	24	)		0..6..0		12 17 6
				(Joseph Wills	22	)

				John Dingle	60			0..10..4
16	Collabridge		Jn^o. Dingle	Sam^l. Dingle	52		H:Day or	0..2..0		26 0 0
				Susanna Addems	26

				(Joan Dining	60	)		0..5..8
17	Chubbs Tenem^t.		Jn^o. Taverner	(John Taverner		)	Cap: or	0..2..0		10 16 0
				(Joan Taverner	26	)	H:D: or	0..2..0

				James Connett	46	)
18	Broadmeads		James Connett	Mary Connett	44	)		0..5..0		6 0 0
				on the whole		)

Note these three Broadmeads were lately leased by three
Separate Leases (viz:)
	The Easter for the Life of ....			W^m. Connett						8 0 0
	The Wester ...........			Alice Roberts
	The Middle ............			Joseph Wills

19	North zeal		Josh. Harris	(William Harris	50	)		0..10..0		11 11 0

						)		0..13..6
20	Moore		Francis Headon	Lessee	50	)	Cap. or	0..1..6		24 0 0
						)	H:D: or	0..2..0

21	Porch House		W^m. Woodley	(Tho^s. Woodley	48	)		0..7..0		8 0 0
				(W^m. Woodley	46	)

	Part of			(Ann his Wife		)		0..4..0	)
22			Rich^d. Mortimore	(George his Son dead	)		Ca:or	0..2..0	)
	Lower Court			(included in the Mills	)		H:D:or	0..2..0	)

	Lower			(W^m. Legg	25	)	In hand from May 1770
23			Ann Russell	(Ann Legg	36	)		0..5..0		3 0 0
	Butts Cott's			(Sarah Tozer	34	)

				Lessee
24	Butts Cott's		Tho^s. Tozer	Jane Tozer	20			0..2..0		3 0 0
				Mary Tozer	15

25	Symonds Cott		Mich^l. Woodley	(James Esworthy	60	)		0..3..4		8 0 0
				(Ja^s. Esworthy	24	)	H. D:or	0..2..0

						)		0..2..0
26	Haydon's Cott		Sebasⁿ. Radmore	Eliz^th. Haydon	46	)	H:D.	0..2..0		2 0 0

				Ja^s. Connett	46	)
27	Brownings's Cott		Ja^s. Connett	Mary Connett	44	)		0..3..4		2 10 0
					(38	)
				John Connett	20	)

28	Langa Parks		W^m. Connett	(Lessee	50	)		0..5..0		4 0 0
				(Mary Connett	39	)

	(Brimblecombe	)		(Margery Connett		)
29	(	)	Jonⁿ. Roberts	(Alice Roberts	26	)		0..3..0		2 0 0
	(Cottage	)		(Joseph Wills	21	)

				(Mary Shute		)
30	Wester Steps		Francis Shute	(W^m. Shute		)		0..2..0		4 0 0
				(Jane Shute		)

	(part of	)		Thomazine his Wife		)		0..3..4
31	(	)	Ja^s. Woodley			)	Cap:or	0..2..0		5 0 0
	(Lower Court	)		Ja^s. Woodley Jun^r.	31	)	H:D:or	0..2..0
					30	)

	(part of	)		(Lessee		)				0..4..6
32	(	)	W^m. Handcock	(Eliz^th. Scottman		)	H.D.	0..2..0		4 0 0
	(Lower Court	)		(Susanna Curtis		)

33	Higher Court		W^m. Woodley	(Mich^l. Woodley)	56			0..3..4		8 10 0
				(Eliz^th. Woodley)	21		Cap:or	0..2..0

				(John Dingle		)
34	Broom Parks		Jn^o. Taverner	(Joan Taverner	33	)		0..1..9 ½		4 0 0
				(Tho^s. Taverner		)

35	Gendals Cott.		Ja^s. Woodley	James Esery				0..2..0		1 10 0

36	Dymonds Cott		Ja^s. Cornish Wills	(Nath^l: Berry		)		0..1..0		3 0 0
				(Mary Wills	28	)

37	Joyces Cott		Ja^s. Cornish Wills	(John Shilston		)		0..2..0		2 10 0
				(Ja^s. Cornish Wills	27	)

				(Margaret Ley		)
38	Pullings Cott		Jonⁿ. Roberts	(Jonⁿ. Roberts	46	)		0..2..0		2 10 0
				(Mary Roberts	44	)

				(Jer^ah. Connett	dead	)
39	Dunsford Woods		Ditto	(John Connett		)		0..13..4		6 0 0
				(Alice Roberts	26	)

40	Boyland		W^m. Taverner	(W^m. Taverner	27	)		0..6..8		3 3 0
	Bear Wood's			(Mally Taverner	20	)

41	Taverners Cott		W^m. Taverner	(Mary Taverner		)		0..2..0
				(Eliz^th. Taverner	15	)

	(Stoney	)		(Eliz^th. Esworthy		)
42	(	)	Grace Shutt	(Mary Esworthy	26	)		0..1..0		2 10 0
	(Stairs Cott	)		(Eliz^th. Shilstone	20	)

43	Part of Court		Eliz^th. Connett	(Mary Connett		)
				(Jer^ah. Esworthy		)		0..3..0		2 10 0
				(Mary Esworthy		)

				(Ann Colderidge		)
44	Haye's Cott		Simon Mounsdon	(John Caseley Jun^r.		)		0..2..0		2 0 0
				(Joseph Wills		)

45	Connetts Cott		Ent^d. by mistake	the same as N^o./27

				(Ann Wills		)
46	Crispins Cott		W^m. Wills	(W^m. Wills Jun^r.	30	)		0..2..0		2 10 0
				(John Wills	27	)

				(Lessee	56	)
47	Arnells Cott		Rich^d. Arnell	(Mary his Wife	55	)		0..3..4		3 0 0
				(John his Son	28	)

48	Reedy Cott		Moses Simms	Mary Furse				0..2..0		2 0 0

				(Sam^l. Shilston		)
49	Widley		Sam^l. Shilston	(Mary Shilston		)		0..6..0		14 0 0
				(Eliz^th. Shilston	24	)

				(Lessee		)
50	Telford's Cott		Geo Sercombe	(Geo: his Son	20	)		0..3..0		2 10 0
				(Eliz^th his Daur	18	)

				(Lessee		)
51	Hole Gate Cott		Rich^d. Warren	(Sarah Holman	29	)		0..4..0		2 10 0
				(Ann Milford	26	)


52	(Reddaway's	)	John Reddaway	Charity Reddaway				0..2..0		1 10 0
	(Cottage	)

53	Church House		Jn^o Mortimore & others	99 Yeares Absolute				0..0..4

				(Lessee		)
54	Towman's Cott		Nich^s. Tozer	(Tho^s. his Son		)		0..2..0		1 10 0
				(Dorothy Tozer		)

55	(Higher	)		(Sarah Connett	8	)
	(	)	Jeremh. Connett	(W^m. Towse	11	)		0..2..0		2 0 0
	(Butts Cott	)		(Ann Towse	10	)




			Chief Rents

	Names of the Estates		Owners Names		Yearly

1	Brooke		Thomas Berry		0..3..0

2	Ford Green		John Wheaton		0..6..0
					0..9..0


			Amount of Conventionary and Chief Rents		£20 13 3 ½



Manor of Fulford

No^s	Tenements		Lessees	Lives and Ages in 1776				High Rent		Yearly Value
1	Higher Brooke		In Hand	and lett to M^rs. Mary Lethbridge						36 0 0

				(Taverner		)		1...6..10	)
2	South Lendon		Sarah Grey	(Lessee		)	H:D-	0..2..0	)	23 10 0
				(Tho^s. her Son		)

				(Lessee		)
3	Lower Langley		Francis Haydon	(John Haydon	11	)		0..17..0		10 0 0
				(Tho^s. her Son	...	)

4	Donn		John Pitts	John Lambert		)		0..15..0	)
				John Pitt	33	)	Cap:or	0..2..0	)	25 0 0
							H:D.	0..2..0	)
							No Capon or Harves day
							From Michas 1778

5	(Lower	)	John Payne	(Mary Yendall		)		1..0..0		20 0 0
	(Boyland	)		(Lessee		)

				(John List		)		0..15..4
6	Hole Land		Sam^l. Walkey	(Lessee	31	)	Cap:or	0..2..0		26 0 0
				(Sarah his Wife	30	)	H:D:	0..2..0

				(Lessee		)		1..4..0
7	Lockhouse		W^m. Seward	(Eliz^th. his Wife		)	2H:D^s			16 0 0
				(Mary his Sister	21	)		0..4..0

				(John Jervice		)
8	Owlhole		John Jervis	(Rob^t. Taverner		)		0..10..0		13 13 0
				(John Jervice	38	)

				(Rob^t. Connett		)		0..12..0
9	North Lendon		Tho^s. Taverner	(Jane Taverner	22	)	C:or	0..2..0		10 14 0
						)	H:D:	0..2..0

10	Coombridge		Ja^s. Bennett	(Lessee	30	)		0..14..0
				(John Bennett	30	)	C:or	0..2..0		10 0 0
				(John Mardon	16	)	H.D:or)	0..2..0

11	Part of Hole			(Lessee		)
			W^m. Crispin	(Eliz^th his Wife				0..2..0		2 0 0
	Acre Cott			(Mary his Daur	20	)

12	The other			(Rich^d. Warren	24	)
			Nich^s. Warren	(Nich^s. Warren	20	)		0..1..0		1 0 0
	Part of Ditto			(W^m. Warren	14	)
				Son of the Lessee

13	Hole Land Cott		Tho^s. Taverner	(Tho^s. Taverner	60 ^yrs	)		0..3..4		3 0 0
				(John Taverner	dead	)

14	Reedy Cott		Ja^s. Woodley	(Thamazine his Wife		)		0..2..0		2 0 0
				(James their Son	31	)
								0..5..4		5 0 0


			Amount of Conventionary Rents		£9..4..6




Manor of Melhuish

No^s	Tenements		Lessees	Lives and Ages in 1776				High Rent		Yearly Value
				(W^m. Mortimore		)		1..0..0
1	Cockleford		Jn^o. Westcott	(Lessee	45	)				30 0 0
				(Mary his Wife	46	)	H:d:or	0..2..0

2	Lower Town		Henry Blachford	Simon Allen	50			0..18..0		16 0 0

				(Cha^s. Browning		)		0..8..0
3	Little Berry		W^m. Browning	(Eliz^th D^o.		)	C:or	0..2..0		20 0 0
				(Susanna Endicott		)

				(Rich^d. Kimmell	50	)		0..13..4
4	Middle Town		Eliz^th. Kimmell	(Eliz^th. Kimmell	70	)	H:D:	0..2..0		16 0 0
							Cap:	0..2..0

				(Mary Carpenter	35	)		1..0..0
5	Middle Hill		Jn^o. Gregory	(Eliz^th. Woodman	31	)	C:or	0..2..0		24 0 0
				(Ann Woodman	27	)	H:D:or	0..2..0

				(Lessee		)		0..12..0
6	Higher Town		Cha^s. Browning	(Grace Hollowcombe		)				14 0 0
				(Betty his Daur	13	)	H:D:	0..2..0

				(John Gidley		)		0..6..8
7	Higher Rubby		Jn^o. Lethbridge	(Lessee		)	C:or	0..2..0		14 0 0
				(Jane Guscott	27	)	H.D:or	0..2..0
								0..10..0
								0..10..8
								£1..1..4

8	Melhuish Down		In Hand	Lett to Danl. Laskey						10 0 0

	(Taphouse. Ales	)		Eliz: Upton				0..3..4		8 0 0
9	(	)	Ponsford
	(Vinney Mill	)		now called Timewell

10	(Part of	)	Nich^s. Lake	Lessee		)		0..3..0		3 0 0
	(	)		Mary his Wife	30	)	H:D or	0..2..0
	(Vinney Mill	)		W^m. his Son	6	)

				(John Bussell	29	)
11	Part of Ditto		John Bussell	(Margt. Bussell	34	)		0..5..0		3 0 0
				(Eliz^th. Bussell	33	)

12	Trigg's Cott		Sam^l. Triggs	Lessee		)		0..1..4		3 10 0
				Henry Triggs		)

				(Grace his Wife	41	)
13	Beer Cott		W^m. Saffin	(Hannah	15	)		0..3..0		2 10 0
				(Mary his Daur	12	)

14	Middle Hill Cott		Mary Jervis	Wid^o. Lethbridge				0..4..0		2 0 0

				(Lessee	39	)
15	Two Plotts		W^m. Hexter	(Ann his Wife	36	)		0..7..0		3 0 0
				(John his Son	13	)

16	Browns Cott		Rob^t. Milford	Lessee				0..2..0		2 0 0
				Eliz^th. his Wife




			Chief Rents


	Names of the Estates		Owners Names		Yearly

					£ s d		Landtax all^d 2..6

1	Hackworthy		S^r. Thomas Ackland		1..0..0

2	Hole Rush		Waldo Calmady Esq^r.		0..0..6		Arr^s. 6^d rec^d. at 1776

3	Gorril		Hrs. of Davy now Foulkes Esq^r.				Pound of Pepper

4	..........		Christopher Harris Esq^r.		0..1..0

5	(West Water and	)	Samuel Allen		0..1..0
	(Brown's Cott	)			1..2..6
				Landtax	0..2..6
					1..0..0



			Amount of Conventionary and Chief Rents		£8 6 0




Manor of Lampford

No^s	Tenements		Lessees	Lives and Ages in 1776				High Rent		Yearly Value

1	Wisedon		The Rev^d.M^r.Mundy	M^rs. Mundy	58			0..19..0		42 0 0

2	Honiford		John Strong	(W^m. Strong	55	)		0..9..0
				(		)	C:or	0..2..0
				(Son of Lessee		)	H:D:	0..2..0
				in hand			Half year			38 0 0

3	Treble		John Smale	John Smale		)		0..11..0		40 0 0
						)	Ca:or	0..2..0

				(Eliz^th. Gale		)
4	Faulcon		Eliz^th. Gale	(Mary Cross		)		0..18..0
				(Sarah Gale	30	)

5	(Moiety of	)
	(	)	Sold to M^r. John Frost
	(Jordaines	)

6	Eastwood		Mary Dodridge	John Brook	42	)		1..0..4
				Sold to Manly		)	H:D.or	0..2..0

Note the Tenemt. is allowed a Chief Rent of 6^d per Ann
Payable out of this Estate to a M^r. Cary


7	(Moiety of	)
	(	)	Sold to M^r. John Frost
	(Partridge	)

8	Snows Cott		Sold to M^rs. Amy Murch




			Chief Rents

	Names of the Estates		Owners Names		Yearly

1	Pitten		Mark Cann		0.10..0

2	Tuckers Tenem^t.		Richard Stoneman		0..1..4

3	..........		John Stabback		0..2..0

4	..........		Heirs of Furze		0..0..0 ½

5	..........		Heirs of Oxenham		0..0..0 ½

6	Treble Tenem^t.		John Ponsford		0..0..1

7	Grennon		William Grendon		0..7..0

			Chief Rent

8	West Pitten		Maydon		0..1..0

			Arrear		0..1..0
					..2..
					1..1..6
9	Spicers Lake		John Gorwyn		0..1..0

10	Meadlake &c^a.		Jn^o. Frost		0..1..0

11	Chappell &c^a.		W^m. Ponsford		0..1..0

12	The Inn & Chapples Cott		William Upton		0..1..6

13	North Bowrton &c		Mary Lambert		0..1..0

14	Greens als Gribbin's Cott		George Wreyford		0..1..0

15	South Beer &c		Mark Cann		0..0..6

16	Higher Vinney Bridge		Amy Murch		0..1..0

17	Water Land		Elizabeth Gale		0..1..0

18	Milland		William Pedler		0..1..0

19	Jordains & Partridge		John Frost Jun^r.		0..1..0

					0..11..0


					£ s d
			Amount of Conventionary and Chief Rents		4..3..2




Manor of Coombhall

No^s	Tenements		Lessees	Lives and Ages in 1776				High Rent		Yearly Value

1	Narracott		Tho^s. Moon	(Edm^d. Moon		)		1..11..0		80 0 0
				(Tho^s. Moon	11	)

2	Part of
			late Flouds	In Hand	Lett to John Coombs					43 0 0
	Coomhall

3	Ditto		John Snell	(John Searle		)		1..18..0		58 0 0
				(Marg^t. Cory	43	)	C:or	0..2..0

4	Were Mill		Rev^d. M^r. Mundy	M^rs. Mundy				1..3..0		20 0 0

5	Honidon		Mary Lambert	Rich^d. Lambert	20	)		0..13..4		20 0 0
				Mary Lambert		)	Cap:or	0..2..0
				W^m. Lambert	25	)




			Chief Rents

	Names of the Estates		Owners Names		Yearly

1	Trows &c^a.		M^r. W^m. Ponsford		0..2..0

2	Heathfields &c^a.		M^r. W^m. Ponsford		0..2..0

3	Walland		M^rs. Mary Lambert		0..7..0

4	Preston		M^r. George Ponsford		0..6..8

5	Greystone		M^rs. Mary Lambert		0..1..0

					0..18..8


					£ s d
			Amount of Conventionary and Chief Rents		6..8..0




Manor of Eggbear

No^s	Tenements		Lessees	Lives and Ages in 1776				High Rent		Yearly Value

1	Liston Downs		In Hand	Lett to John Service			12 0 0

2	Eggbear		In Hand	Lett to George Wreyford			60 0 0

3	Orchard Lake		Tho^s. Byrdall	(Tho^s. Byrdall		)		0..18..0		30 0 0
				(W^m. Wreyford	20	)	Cap or	0..2..0

4	Haylake Cott		Ja^s. Cornish	Eliz^th. Cornish				0..6..8
				Jacob Wills			H:D:	0..2..0		4 0 0




			Chief Rents

	Names of the Estates		Owners Names		Yearly

1	Eastwood Brooke		M^r. John Jervis		0..5..0

2	Gorwyn		Heirs of Davey		0..4..0

3	Westwood Brooke		M^r. George Wreyford		0..0..6

4	Gervis		M^r. William Davy		0..4..0

5	Middle Eggbear		M^r. Richard Stephens		0..5..0

6	Higher D^o.		M^r. Hall		0..4..0

					£2..11..2	106 0 0


					£ s d
			Amount of Conventionary and Chief Rents		2..11..2

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Rent Book for the Fulford Estate

Transcribed by Fay Sampson Priestley