 The manor of "Alferdintone" (Arlington) was listed in the Exeter Domesday Book of 1086 as held by "Alvred de Ispania" (Alfred of Spain) as a tenant-in-chief of the king.The estate of Twitchen, now a farm within Arlington parish, was stated to have been added to the manor of Arlington.Alfred also held Orway, and held no other lands in Devon.