Calbourne in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun; Freeholders, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Mauger (subinfeudated); Alsi son of Brictsi (subinfeudated); Herpolf (subinfeudated); Robert (subinfeudated); Bishop of Winchester
  • Taxable Value: 32 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £16 in 1070; £38 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 30 villagers; 38 smallholders; 23 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 10 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 19 men's ploughs (25 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 23 acres
  • Woodland: 20 swine render
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 2, value 6/2½

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bolla
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Stur
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Stur
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ¹⁄₂ acres
  • Mills: 1, value 5 shillings