Name Index

To

Thomas Chafe of Doddescott, in St Giles in the Wood

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 20, (1888), pp. 398-399.

by

Winslow Jones

Prepared by Michael Steer

The hamlet of Dodscott was listed in the Domesday Book, when it was one of 28 manors held by Gotshelm, who had sub-enfeoffed it to his tenant Walter of Burgundy. It was the cottage of the cottar Doda before 1066, In the 16th century it was the residence of Thomas Chafe (1585-1648), brother-in-law of his neighbour Tristram Risdon of Winscott. The Chafe family had originated at "Chafecombe" (modern Chaffcombe) near Chard in Somerset. He was the third son of Thomas Chafe (1560-1604), notary public for Exeter and twice mayor. The article, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.