Compton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William the archer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William the archer
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 13 villagers; 19 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Mills: 1, value £1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Tosti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 acres