Washfield

Great Washfield was held by Ralph de Pomeroy,[2] one of William the Conqueror's Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief.[3] The tenant in chief of Little Washfield as listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 was the Norman magnate Ralph de Paynell, Sheriff of Yorkshire, one of William the Conqueror's Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief.It is listed as the ninth of his ten Devonshire manors held in-chief.The eldest son of Ralph de Paynell was Ralph FitzPayne of Dart,[10] who at the time of the Domesday Book held the manors of Dart and Worth, the latter in the parish of Washfield, from the overlord William of Poilley ( 21,6&14).Another ancient gentry family situated within the parish of Washfield was Barby.
Civil parishDistrictMid DevonShire countyRegionSouth WestCountryEnglandSovereign stateTivertonWest Budleigh HundredDomesday BookTiverton CastleEarls of Devonfeudal barons of PlymptonWilliam the ConquerorDevon Domesday Book tenants-in-chiefdemesneRalph de PaynellSheriff of Yorkshirein-chiefTiverton HundredVivian, Lt.Col. J.L.Heralds' Visitations