Adgestone in the Domesday Book

A village in Bowcombe hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Azur
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Azur
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 vavassor
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ lord's plough (1 plough land)

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edric
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)