![]() It is again recorded that the house had a Chapel in 1415 (Hoskins – “Devon” p.388) and in 1424 when Thomas Stofford was granted the last licence to hold services. The earliest known record that the house had a Chapel was in 1329 when Henry de Stoforde was granted the first domestic licence for an Oratory. It was the home to the Caillaway family (who gradually became Stofford and then Stafford) for over 700 years starting about 1150. The name Stafford Barton as meaning a larger, higher status farmhouse probably dates from Tudor times. By the 1332 Lay Subsidy it had lost its “Manor” status and been subsumed by Iddlecott Manor. So some sort of dwelling called Stafford Manor has possibly existed since the 11th century. Stafford Manor near Dolton in Devon was mentioned in the Domesday book and recorded as belonging to Ansger de Montacute. Stafford Barton, Dolton, Devon STAFFORD BARTON, DOLTON, DEVON ![]()
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