trees; roads, reddish-brown between red lines for principal routes; single red and red dish-brown for less-important roads ; moorland tracks white between black lines; churches draw n 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 aremarked by letter keyed to a list enclosed in rectangular cartouche, Deco r a t i o n : cartouche: sim ple acanthus with pendant acorn below Not  : modem copy needing repair at Duchy o f Cornwall DCO 589 Publication : J.V. Somers Cocks, ‘Dartmoor Devonshire’ in Local Maps & Plans from Medieval England, R.A. Skelton & P.D.A. Harveyeds, OUP, 1986, 293-302 Walkynton and Samford The vynfelde  men of Chagcford and Manaton' Fourth circle holdings

Endorsed : lands of the Abbot of Buckfastleigh plan. Closes are shown as rectangles mid tin Ind. '( know thome that the fyer bekon standlllt oil "till a || beacon; a road described as ‘This wave I y Vllll III

towardes the Forest of Dartmore'; ‘PaiTih i lillli'h til

show n as a representation o f a tow er with it lellai M

representation o f a castle; details o f rents pnvnhlt


P u b l i c a t i o n : E.J. Beer, Buckfastieigh Rvrnvmbvn  1981 , m ap o f B uckfastieigh only

4/3/2

DARTMOOR/BUCKFASTLEIGH

tem p. H enry VIII

4/3/3

PROS.C. 12/2/39

T it l e : ‘Inform acions for m y lorde prynce to the kynges most Honorable

Counsell concernyng me said Lorde prynces Forest o f Dartmoor inthe Countye of devonshire &c in the mores & wastes to the same belongyn’

M a t e r ia l , S iz e & O r ie n t a t io n : parchment, ?ink; 2 sheets, 61cms x 80cms

and 51.3cm s x 65cm s; no direction

C o n t e n t : four concentric circles:- Inner circle, diam eter 16.9cms. ‘This lytell com pas betokenyth the Foreste. The seconde com pas betokenythe the w aste ehich lyeth

from the Forest unto the ... hit ys callyd the Commyners o f

Devonshire. The thirde com pas B etokenithe the vyndefylde men

there w hiche be the kynges and m yelorde princes is tenants. The

fourthe com pas betokenyth the hole shere o f D evonshire. The

lytell ?forykes aboute thecom dyches ys callyd the Lypeyattes for

to goo unto the w ast m ore and Forest’

Second circle, diam eter 23.8cm s, segm ented:- ‘Este lype yatte N orth

ockenton yatte W este pyke yeatte Southe sceryton y eatte’

Third circle, diam eter 29.8cm s. ‘The vyndefeld m en o f dene had

O ugborow e The vyndefelde m en o f com ew ode had H arfford The

vyndefelde m en o f schystor had m eavye The vyndefelde m en o f

Shaye [Shaugh] and W h ittechurche T he vyndefelde m en o f

DARTMOOR

m id 16th cent.

T it l e : not given

S u r v e y o r : not nam ed

S c a l e : not given

M a t e r i a l , S i z e & O r i e n t a t i o n : p a p e r , w a t e r m m k , Ink

C o n t e n t : d i a g r a m m a t i c m a p ; 3 c o n c e n t r i c circles v v llll e H

‘ f o r e s t a p r i n c i p i s ’

First circle, 13cms diam eter

Second circle, 23cms diameter; 4 gates marked and iiiiilimU

yate, Pycke yate, Lepe yate, O ckenton yiite', amitl M

the edge o f the circle by slashes and nameil miv n

South hill, B ucfaste, brent m ore, Ubburuugli mv l |H

Devon, plym pton’

Third circle, 28.2cm s diam eter; opposite the gales iit i liltl

m eridionalis ports, borealis porta; east, wltleli >.liuiilil|

‘Seyridon y ate’ is not included

L e g e n d a t t h e t o p : ‘The inm ost compass bctokenylh llu ln l«||

universorum habetur The secon com pass sygtillllh till ■

the forest to the com e dyches as south holl more I tin k lit!

Brent m ore Ugborrow m ore etc parcellcs o f llnm m .iiM

notyfith the privat grow nde w ithin the corn diehen I vital Nfll

A s s o c i a t e d D o c u m e n t s : 123M /E1019 Legal pu|>< ........ ..

bounds o f the M oor and property o f the Abbot oi Hu. I la

dartemore abbotsway avon batworthy burrator cator gate chagford haselhurst kes tor lomen moreton bellever seven lords hembury people plym prestonbury princetown shaye tavy tavistock teign widecoombe
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