Dart moor bukfastleigb
lion of trees; roads, reddish-brown between red lines for principal routes; single red and reddish-brown for less-important roads; moorland tracks white between black lines; churches drawn in elevation and in different sizes; Buckland Abbey and Tavistock named; boundary marks of Dartmoor named in scrolls and marked by a series of roundels; where boundary is indicated by individual stones a cairn is drawn except for Siward’s Cross which is shown by a cross; where names are too close to be written legibly they are marked by letter keyed to a list enclosed in rectangular cartouche, 23.4cms x 17.1cms Decoration: cartouche: simple acanthus with pendant acorn below Note:: modern copy [needing repair] at Duchy of Cornwall DCO 589 Publication: j,V. Somers Cocks, ‘Dartmoor Devonshire’ in Local Maps & Plans from Medieval England, R.A. Skelton & P.D.A. Harvey eds, (OUP, 1986), 293-302
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temp. Henry VIII PRO S.C. 12/2/39
Title: informacions for my lorde prynce to the kynges most Honorable Counsell concernyng my said Lrde prynces Forest of Dartmoor in the Countye of Devonshire &c in the mores & wastes to the same belongyn’
Surveyor: not named Sc ale: not given
Material, Size & Orientation: parchment, ?ink; 2 sheets, 61cms x 80cms and 51,3cms x 65cms; no direction Content: four concentric circles:-
Inner circle, diameter 16.9cms. ‘This lytell compas betokenyth the Foreste. The seconde compas betokenythe the waste ehich lyeth from the Forest unto the ... hit ys callyd the Commyners of I levonshire. The thirde compas Betokenithe the vyndefylde men there whichc be the kynges and myelorde princes is tenants. The fourthe compas betokenyth the hole shere of Devonshire. The lytell ?forykes aboute thecorndyches ys callyd the Lypeyattes for to goo unto the wast more and Forest’
Second circle, diameter 23.8ems, segmented:- ‘Este lypc yatte North ockentin yatte Weste pykeyeatte Southe sceryton yeatte’
third circle, diameter 29.8cms. 'The vyndefeld men of dene had Ougborowe The vyndelelde men ofcornewode had Harfford The vyndeflde men of schystor had meavye The vyndefelde men of Shaye|Shaugh| and Whittechurche, The vyndelfelde men of
Devon Maps
Walkynton and Samford The vynefelde men of Okenton and Southawt: The vynfelde men of Gydley and Throwely The vynde-felde men of Chageford and Manaton’
Fourth circle, diameter 36.8cms [no inscription]
Note: written information on the wintering of cattle on the K ing’s tennants holdings
Endorsed: lands of the Abbot of Buckfast expressed as a diagrammatic plan. Closes are shown as rectangles and include ‘a close callyd knowthome that the fyer bekon standith on’ with a drawing of the beacon; a road described as ‘This waye lyethe from Dartbrogge towardes the Forest of Dartmore’; ‘Parish church of Buckfastlee’ shown as a representation of a tower with a letter P superimposed; representation of a castle; details of rents payable Publication: E.J. Beer, Buckfastleigh Remembered (Privately published, 1981), map of Buckfastleigh only
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lion of trees; roads, reddish-brown between red lines for principal routes; single red and reddish-brown for less-important roads; moorland tracks white between black lines; churches drawn in elevation and in different sizes; Buckland Abbey and Tavistock named; boundary marks of Dartmoor named in scrolls and marked by a series of roundels; where boundary is indicated by individual stones a cairn is drawn except for Siward’s Cross which is shown by a cross; where names are too close to be written legibly they are marked by letter keyed to a list enclosed in rectangular cartouche, 23.4cms x 17.1cms Decoration: cartouche: simple acanthus with pendant acorn below Note:: modern copy [needing repair] at Duchy of Cornwall DCO 589 Publication: j,V. Somers Cocks, ‘Dartmoor Devonshire’ in Local Maps & Plans from Medieval England, R.A. Skelton & P.D.A. Harvey eds, (OUP, 1986), 293-302
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temp. Henry VIII PRO S.C. 12/2/39
Title: informacions for my lorde prynce to the kynges most Honorable Counsell concernyng my said Lrde prynces Forest of Dartmoor in the Countye of Devonshire &c in the mores & wastes to the same belongyn’
Surveyor: not named Sc ale: not given
Material, Size & Orientation: parchment, ?ink; 2 sheets, 61cms x 80cms and 51,3cms x 65cms; no direction Content: four concentric circles:-
Inner circle, diameter 16.9cms. ‘This lytell compas betokenyth the Foreste. The seconde compas betokenythe the waste ehich lyeth from the Forest unto the ... hit ys callyd the Commyners of I levonshire. The thirde compas Betokenithe the vyndefylde men there whichc be the kynges and myelorde princes is tenants. The fourthe compas betokenyth the hole shere of Devonshire. The lytell ?forykes aboute thecorndyches ys callyd the Lypeyattes for to goo unto the wast more and Forest’
Second circle, diameter 23.8ems, segmented:- ‘Este lypc yatte North ockentin yatte Weste pykeyeatte Southe sceryton yeatte’
third circle, diameter 29.8cms. 'The vyndefeld men of dene had Ougborowe The vyndelelde men ofcornewode had Harfford The vyndeflde men of schystor had meavye The vyndefelde men of Shaye|Shaugh| and Whittechurche, The vyndelfelde men of
Devon Maps
Walkynton and Samford The vynefelde men of Okenton and Southawt: The vynfelde men of Gydley and Throwely The vynde-felde men of Chageford and Manaton’
Fourth circle, diameter 36.8cms [no inscription]
Note: written information on the wintering of cattle on the K ing’s tennants holdings
Endorsed: lands of the Abbot of Buckfast expressed as a diagrammatic plan. Closes are shown as rectangles and include ‘a close callyd knowthome that the fyer bekon standith on’ with a drawing of the beacon; a road described as ‘This waye lyethe from Dartbrogge towardes the Forest of Dartmore’; ‘Parish church of Buckfastlee’ shown as a representation of a tower with a letter P superimposed; representation of a castle; details of rents payable Publication: E.J. Beer, Buckfastleigh Remembered (Privately published, 1981), map of Buckfastleigh only
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