Woolfardisworthy is listed under 'Lands of the King's Thanes' in DS. Only the pre-Conquest holder of the manor, Godric, is named in the entry for Woolfardisworthy, but DS suggests that Colwyn, the reeve of Queen Edith, held the manor.
According to the church guide Holy Trinity was originally a chapelry of Hartland Abbey, and was granted to the Abbey by Hugh Peverell during the reign of Richard I.