Name Index

To

The earlier sections of "Testa Nevil" relating to Devon,
done into English with an index

Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. 37, (1905). pp. 410-453.

by

O.J. Reichel

Prepared by Michael Steer

The index provided by the author (p. 453) relates solely to the original document from which he worked. The index that follows relates to pages in the above paper.

The Testa de Nevill, is a listing of feudal landholdings or "fees/fiefs", compiled from earlier records in about 1302 for the use of the English Exchequer. Originally in two volumes of parchment, the Liber Feodorum (Book of Fees) is a collection of about 500 written brief notes made between 1198 and 1292 concerning fiefs held directly from the Crown. From an early date, the book comprising these volumes has been known informally as the Testa de Nevill (meaning "Head of Nevill"), after an image on the book's cover. The author claims that the earlier sections are by far the most important of the Testa de Nevill's parts. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the New York Public Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.