Feudal barony of Trematon

In 1166 it comprised 60 knight's fees, thus about 60 separate manors.

[1] The barony of Trematon was unusual in that unlike most other English feudal baronies it was not held from the king in-chief but from the descendants of Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of King William the Conqueror.

It was held for several generations by the de Vautort family, Latinized as de Valletorta, which was once thought to come from Vautorte in Maine,[3] but has since been shown to originate in Torteval in Normandy.

[4][5] The descent of the barony was as follows:[6] What was left of the estates eventually found its way to the descendants of two daughters of Ralph I de Vautort.

[4] A younger son of Reginald I de Vautort was Joel de Vautort,[4] whose descendants held lands in Somerset centred on the manor of Currypool in Spaxton until about 1332.

Trematon Castle, caput of the feudal barony of Trematon
Arms of de Vautort family, feudal barons of Trematon, Cornwall, and later feudal barons of Harberton , Devon: Argent, three bends gules a bordure sable bezant ée . [ 2 ] A bordure bezantée is a feature in the arms of many families which held under the overlordship of the Earls of Cornwall