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This is the first of four Trebartha Estate farms mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was believed to be held from Robert Count of Mortain.
Robert was the half brother of William the Conqueror and held most of Cornwall, 277 manors in fact. His presence at the Battle of Hastings is commemorated on the Bayeux Tapestry where he is seated at The Conqueror’s left with his sword half drawn. He established his court in Launceston Castle and spent most of his time in Normandy and was largely an absentee landlord. Robert’s son William who had inherited his father’s estate was dispossessed in 1106 for his part in the Baron’s Rebellion in the reign of Henry I.
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