Manor of King's Nympton

The Manor of King's Nympton was a medieval manor estate in King's Nympton, Devon, England.

At the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, the whole manor of Nimetone, in the hundred of Witheridge, belonged to the King and was held by him in demesne, but King Henry I (1100–1135) granted the manor, together with that of Black Torrington, in Torrington hundred, to Joel de Mayne (Latinised to de Meduana). He appears to have been a resident of Normandy, as when that former possession of the English kings became separated from England, King John (1199–1216) seized it back into royal ownership.

The manor was probably re-granted by King John (1199–1216), as is known to have been the case with Black Torrington, to Geoffrey de Luscy. The manor subsequently escheated to the crown by cause unknown.

King Henry III (1216–1272) granted the manor, again together with Black Torrington, to Roger la Zouche, lord of the manor of North Molton. Risdon states that la Zouche granted the manor to Godfrey Lucy.

Sir Geoffrey de Cornwall was lord of the manor tempore King Edward III (1327–1377). His heir was a minor and became the ward of Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy, Earl of Bedford (1340–1397). He was succeeded successively by Sir Bryan de Cornwall and Sir John de Cornwall, temp Kings Henry IV (1399–1413) and Henry V (1413–1422).

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