Belluton in the Domesday Book
A village in Keynsham hundred,
in the county of Somerset.
Two manors recorded in Domesday.
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1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith; Tovi the sheriff of Somerset; Wulfward White the noble; Wulfmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William; Aelfric of Keynsham (subinfeudated); Edeva wife of Wulfward White (subinfeudated); Bishop of Coutances (subinfeudated); Alfred of Marlborough (subinfeudated); Roger of Stanton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 50 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £91 in 1070; £122 5/- in 1086
- Households: 93 villagers; 59 smallholders; 24 slaves; 8 burgesses; 25 other households
- Plough Teams: 15 lord's ploughs; 74 men's ploughs (119 plough lands)
- Meadow: 166 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 122 mixed measures
- Mills: 8, value £4 5/-
- Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 63 pigs; 80 goats; 4 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tovi the sheriff of Somerset
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Marlborough (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 1⁄2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
Meadow: 22 acres
Woodland: 4 furlongs
Pasture: 20 acres
Mills: 1, value 15 shillings
Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 13 pigs; 10 goats