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Devon Notes and Queries. 147 Nicomede, Priest and Martyr, who, tradition says, was beaten to death with leaden plummets on that day, in the year of grace 90. no. FORKISTON, FORSTON, LUKEHAM (II, p. 25, par. ^3 > P' 95' P^^' 63*) — Forkiston and Lukeham are in the parish of Whitstone in Cornwall, and within a few miles of the Devon border. Forkiston is marked on the map as Froxton; it is also known as Forkstone, which Symon's Gazetteer of Cornwall gives as the name of two farms in Whitstone. Forstone may be one of these, or the farm of Furze in Week St. Mary, an adjoining parish. Forkstone occurs in the Domesday Book as Forchetestane, the only manor in Cornwall belonging to Judhel of Totnes, and held by Turstin of him. Lukeham is marked Luckham, and is midway between Whitstone Church and Forkstone, half a mile from each, vide Holsworthy sheet of- one-inch Ordnance Survey map. J. Hambley Rowe, M.B. III. King Alfred and Devonshire (II., p. 119, par. 80.) — Mr. Chope is no doubt right in identifying Carumtun in King Alfred's will with Carhampton, in Somerset, and Heortigtun with Hartland, anciently written Hertitone. He is also probably right in identifying Milburn with Milbome Port, in Somerset, and Liwton is most likely Lifton, Lifton like Hertitone being in Domesday one of the Crown estates set aside for the maintenance of the Royal Family and the Earls. But Sutheswyrthe gives pause. The names as given in Cariularium Saxonicum, II., 180, are: Axamuntha [Ax- mouth] , Branescumba [Branscombe] , Kolumtune [».^., the Church manor of Cullompton, consisting of Colebrook, Ash, Upton and Weaver, with the outlier of Henland in Kentis- beare, which the Conqueror gave to Battle Abbey, Trans. Devon Assoc, xxx., 286] ; Twyford [Tiverton], Myllenburnan [Milbome Port], Exanmynster [Ex minster] , Sutheswytthe, Lyntune [Lifton] . The same list in Kemble*s Codex Diplo- moHcus, IL, 112 to 113, and V., 130 to 1,067. ^^* Davidson suggested Southwood in Dawlish for Sutheswyrthe. In favour of that the fact may be cited that Dawlish was a royal estate until the Confessor in 1044 bestowed it on Bishop Leo&ric {Trans. Devon Assoc, xiii, 109; xxx, 300). Sidbury has also been suggested, the whole of which together with