Guy/Wido de Bocland, Lord of Egg Buckland, West Hoe and Compton Giffard in Totnes

Excerpted from THE EARLIER SECTIONS OF "TESTA NEVIL" RELATING TO DEVON DONE INTO ENGLISH WITH AN INDEX. by THE REV. OSWALD J. REICHEL, B.C.L. & m.A., F.S.A. (Read at Princetown, 20 July, 1905.), in Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 37 (1905), p. 452

p. 200a [1652] For 1 fee in Cup'ton [compton Giffard, W. 609, "Feudal Aids," p. 340], Bocland [Egg Buckland, W. 600] and Howie [west Hoe in Plymstock, W. 637, "Testa," 681; "Feudal Aids," p". 335], which Osbert Giffard holds in the same county [of the Honour of Plymton].41

41 "Lib. Nig.," p. 126, shows that in 1166 Wido de Bocland held 2 fees of the Honour of Totnes. These are the 3 estates of Compton Giffard, Egg Buckland, and West Hoe, held in Domesday by Stefan under Judhel. From Wido they passed to his son, Alan de Bocland (Devon Assize Roll, 22 Hen. IIl) and his granddaughter Isabella. It is suggested that they came to be held of the Honour of Plymton when Isabella succeeded to them as heiress under the wardship of the Crown, and they were given to William Briwere to hold for 1 fee; for in 1241 they are included among Plymton fees, and only paid for 1 fee ("Testa," 683, p. 182a). Isabella was married (1) to de Freville, and on his death (2) to Osbert Giffard, stated to have been a base-born son of King John (Wrottesley, "The Giffards," p. 60). She died before 25 Hen. IIl (ibid., p. 61), and was succeeded by Osbert II Giffard, who died 31 Hen. IIl, leaving by Alice Murdac a sou, Osbert III Giffard, who died 11 Ed. I. Osbert IV, his son, succeeded, and after him his younger brother, John Giffard, who in 1285 held them ("Feudal Aids," p. 340). "Inquisitions," Hen. IIl, No. 112: "Hekebokel manor, including Compton, Hauknolle, and Hoo, sometime held by Osbert [I Giffard] and Isabel his wife, out of which the prior of Plimpton has 12/ in frank almoign, and the advowson of the Church of Ekebokel'."