Brompton in the Domesday Book

A village in Condover hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Almer; Ernwy of Pontesbury
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Sai
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Sai
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 ploughmen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (6 plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward the fat
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Corbet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld