Coombe in the Domesday Book

A village in Tiverton hundred, in the county of Devon.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gunhard
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Claville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the wild (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Pasture: 30 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 1 pig; 4 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gotshelm brother of Walter of Claville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gotshelm brother of Walter of Claville
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 4 shillings