 According to Pole "Creedy Peitevin" was held by the Peitevin or Peytevin family (Latinized to "Pictavensis") until the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272), when it passed by an heiress to Sir John Wiger, whose son Henry Wiger sold it to William Lord Martin, feudal baron of Barnstaple.It followed the descent of that barony and was the inheritance of Margaret Audley (died 1373), from whom it passed to her descendants the Fitzwarins and Bourchiers.By Bourchier it was sold to John Prideaux (1520–1558) of Nutwell, Serjeant at Law and MP for Devon and Plymouth.