Manor of Raleigh, Pilton
The manor lies above the River Yeo on the southern slope of the hill on top of which stand the ruins of the Anglo-Saxon hillfort called Roborough Castle.Pilton as a borough had existed long before the Norman Conquest and was one of the most important defensive towns in Devon under the Anglo-Saxons; it is now a northern suburb of Barnstaple.[6] This Raleigh family also held the manor of "Auvrington" (Arlington, Devon), as recorded in the Book of Fees, held from the overlord Philip de Culumbars (died 1342), of Nether Stowey, 2nd husband of Eleanor FitzMartin, sister and one of two co-heiresses of William FitzMartin (died 1326), feudal baron of Barnstaple.In the return to the Dean Milles' Questionnaire of about 1745, the manor house of Raleigh was described as "Rawleigh in Ruins"[23] (in response to the question "Are there any gentlemen's seats and remarkable improvements in the parish?").His son Nicholas Hooper rebuilt Raleigh House on an adjacent site slightly higher up the hill, which building survives today.The heir of the Barbor family, lords of the manor of Fremington, was William Arundell Yeo, who is later recorded as a landowner at Raleigh (see below).
PiltonYoulstonShirwellArlingtonBishops TawtonEggesfordNorth Devon District HospitalBarnstapleChichester familyDomesday BookRiver YeoAnglo-SaxonhillfortRoborough CastleboroughNorman ConquestBishop of CoutancesGeoffrey de MontbrayRobert de Mowbray, Earl of NorthumbriaJuhel de Totnesfeudal baronFeudal barony of BarnstapleBook of FeesChallacombeWalter RaleighArlington, DevonNether Stoweyfeudal baron of BarnstapleInquisition post mortemSiege of CalaisBattle of PoitiersRobert of ChichesterBishop of ExeterTor AbbeyBattle of AgincourtLedger stoneRichard ChichesterSheriff of DevonWinkleighPilton ChurchPilton PriorydissolutionMollandChichester Baronets of Arlington CourtSir John ChichesterJohn Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bathmonumental brassBrauntonSir William CourtenayPowderhamRichard DukeOttertonadvowsonDissolution of the MonasteriesJohn ChichesterRobert DennisHolcombe BurnellBlack Assizes of ExeterJohn Harington, 1st Baron Harington of ExtonJohn Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of ExtonThomas Bruce, 1st Earl of ElginSir John Chichester, 1st BaronetSir Arthur Chichester, 3rd BaronetYoulston ParkArthur ChampneysCity of LondonRotten BoroughNicholas HooperDean Milles' QuestionnaireSir William Davie, 4th BaronetCreedySandfordCreditonMidsomer NortonHeanton PunchardonVivianSir William Courtenay, 2nd BaronetRobert IncledonPilton House, PiltonFremington HouseFremington Churchmanor of FremingtonFremingtonYeotown, GoodleighBrushfield, T. N.Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.