In 1272 a rent in Rookley was granted by Thomas Delamere to John Fleming, who is returned in the Testa de Nevill as holding jointly with William le Martre, half a fee in Rookley and Blackpan, with Robert Rookley also holding a quarter fee in Rookley.
The 13th-century Testa de Nevill lists the manor of Clovelly as being held by Sir Roger Giffard from his overlord Sir Walter Giffard of Wear.
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It may be named due to its sound resembling that of a fart: Hemingstone cites this old Latin extract from the Liber Feodorum or Book of Fees.