William Carbonel

   Another name for William is William de Carbunel.¹³³³

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹³³⁴
"[1188] Reginald de Alba Mara holds 1 fee in Wodebrye (Woodbury) of our lord the King in chief.

"This is Wodeberie [W. 68, p.44], an earl's land, 3190 acres, £23 value, held by the King in Domesday and afore time by Githa. Henry I gave it to Roger de Mandervil, castellan of Exeter [Testa, 1343, p. 194a], whose son William conveyed it to William Carbonel. Carbonel's heiress, Alice held it in 1174 [Pipe Rolls, 21 Hen. II), and brought it to Reginald de Albemarle, alias Daumarle, or Damerell [Trans. xxxiii, 290], who in 1189 "acounted for £144 4s 11d for recognition of Wodnesbiri" [Pipe Rolls, 1 Ric. I].

~Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 35, pp. 288-289

• Background Information. ¹³³³
[1343] Galfrid de Alba Mara hold the manor of W'debir' [Woodbury, Testa, 1475, 1505, Trans. XXXIII, 620, W. 68] with appurtenances in chief of our lord the King [Testa, 358, p. 179a; Trans. XXX, 224 & XXXV, 288] by gift of King Henry I to his ancestors by the same service. (Pole, p. 155 states that the gift was to William de Mandevil, castellan of Exeter, whose son William gave it to William Carbunel. In 1177, Alice daughter of William Carbunel, held it [Pipe Rolls, 23 Hen. II] and brought it to her husband Reginald de Albemarle [Trans. XXXV, 288] who in 1182 "owed £53. 10/ for acknowledgment of Wubeberia, and Aelizia his wife daughter of William Carbunell owed £ 30. 13/for having seizing of that land" [Pipe Rolls, 28 Hen. II.])

~Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 37, p. 414