Trematon Castle, caput of the feudal barony of Trematon

The Feudal barony of Trematon (or Honour of Trematon) was one of the three feudal baronies in Cornwall which existed during the mediaeval era. Its caput was at Trematon Castle, Cornwall. In 1166 it comprised 60 knight's fees, thus about 60 separate manors.[1]

Descent

de Vautort

Arms of de Vautort family, feudal barons of Trematon, Cornwall, and later feudal barons of Harberton, Devon: Argent, three bends gules a bordure sable bezantée.[2] A bordure bezantée is a feature in the arms of many families which held under the overlordship of the Earls of Cornwall

The barony of Trematon was unusual in that unlike most other English feudal baronies it was not held from the king in-chief but from the descendants of Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of King William the Conqueror. It was held for several generations by the de Vautort family, Latinized as de Valletorta, which was once thought to come from Vautorte in Maine,[3] but has since been shown to originate in Torteval in Normandy.[4][5] The descent of the barony was as follows:[6]

What was left of the estates eventually found its way to the descendants of two daughters of Ralph I de Vautort.[4] A younger son of Reginald I de Vautort was Joel de Vautort,[4] whose descendants held lands in Somerset centred on the manor of Currypool in Spaxton until about 1332.[8]

Earls of Cornwall

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References

  1. ^ a b c Fizzard, A. (2007). Plympton Priory: A House of Augustinian Canons in South-Western England in the Late Middle Ages. Brill's Series in Church History. Brill. p. 71. ISBN 978-90-474-2331-7. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ per Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.505
  3. ^ Sanders, p.90, note 8
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Bearman, Robert (2004). "Vautort, de, family (per. 1086–1274)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54516. Retrieved 27 July 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ Bates, D.; Gazeau, V. (1990), "L'abbaye de Grestain et la famille d'Herluind de Conteville", Annales de Normandie, vol. 40, pp. 9–10
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Sanders, p.90–1
  7. ^ An anonymous user claims a daughter Joan (1213–1299, who married Alexander Oakston (1211–1276). However, Reginald had no surviving children, which is why his estates went to his brother.
  8. ^ A P Baggs; M C Siraut (1992), "Charlinch: Manors and other estates", in R W Dunning; C R Elrington (eds.), A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes), London, pp. 92–94, retrieved 27 July 2017((citation)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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