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Domesday Entry 1086

"The Bishop has 1 manor which is called Treliwel (Treliver) which Bishop Leuric held T.R.E. and it rendered geld for 1 1/2 hides.  Twenty teams can plough this.  Thereof the Bishop has in demesne half a hide and the villeins have 1 hide and 12 ploughs.  There the Bishop has 30 villeins and 4 bordars and 4 serfs and 5 unbroken mares and 2 cows and 30 sheep and 60 acres of Woodland and of pasture 2 leagues in length and 2 in breath.  This manor is worth 4li."

(from The Book of Falmouth & Penryn, by Bob Dunstan)

Notes:

  • The manor of Treliever included the entire parishes of Mabe, Mawman and Budock with the greater part of Gluvias and Mylor and a small part of Constantine.

  • The "Bishop" referred to is the Bishop of Exeter.

  • T.R.E. [in the time of King Edward, 1042-1066]

  • li [pounds]

  • demesne: that part of the manor cultivated directly by the lord

  • A hide is about 120 acres.

  • A plough team is normally eight oxen.

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