SAMFORD-COURTNEY, (Devon) near the Ock, on the N. side of Okehampton, was given by Henry VIII. to his college in Oxford. Here began the insurrection of the Devonshire rebels, June 10, 1549, in the R. of Edw. VI. chiefly promoted by two of the inh. who would have no justice of peace nor gentlemen among them, because they intended to destroy all that were rich and in authority.