SALCOME, (Devon) near the Channel, bet. Branscomb and Sidmouth; whose manor was given by the Danish K. Canute to St.
Peter's in Exeter, to attone for his father Swain's cruelty in these parts, where he had burnt several Ts. and villages.
In the civil wars here was a fort, called Charles-Fort, bravely defended against the Pt.-forces by Sir Edmund Fortescue;
tho' he was at last forced to capitulate.