[7] one of his descendants Richard le Breton went on to kill Thomas Becket[8] Morleigh is referred to in the BBC Domesday Project from 1986.

[9] Morley Manor has been dismantled but small signs of existence still survive near Place Barton farm, which is adjacent to the church and rectory.

Morley Manor has been recorded as having been owned by the Ufflete and Maynard families, it was also owned by John Shapland Esq before passing to John Seale Esq (listed as Teale in the church records) eventually being bought by Viscount Bovington, who become the 1st Earl of Morley in 1815.

Morleigh ecclesiastical parish is part of the deanery of Woodleigh, the archdeaconary of Totnes and the diocese of Exeter.

All Saints church is small and ancient building, said to have been built by Sir Peter Fitzacre, who killed the parson of Woodleigh to whose parish Morley then belonged.