Erchenbald
Erchenbald or Archembald was a mesne lord listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a tenant of nine manors in Devon and Cornwall, England. He is believed to be the first English ancestor of the prominent Fleming family. Landholdings The Domesday book records that Erchenbald held three manors in Cornwall and six in Devon, all as tenant of Robert, Count of Mortain, who was a half-brother of William the Conqueror and held over one hundred west country manors as tenant-in-chief. Erchenbald's landholdings recorded in the Domesday Book are as follows. In Cornwall: Brea, Cornwall (in Connerton Hundred) Avalde, Cornwall (in Fawton Hundred) Bodbrane, Cornwall (in Fawton Hundred) In Devon: Culleigh, in the parish of Frithelstock in Shebbear hundred, Devon; Alverdiscott, in Fremington Hundred, Devon; Bratton, in Braunton Hundred, Devon, today known as Bratton Fleming; Croyde, in the parish of Georgeham, in Braunton Hundred, Devon Hele, Devon (probably in Meeth parish) Stockleigh, Devon (Meeth parish, Shebbear Hundred) He was also recorded as holding livestock (five cattle & eight sheep) in the manor of Weare (Giffard), Devon, which was held from Robert Count of Mortain by Roald Dubbed. Fleming family Erchenbald is assumed to be the first English ancestor of the