Hempton in the Domesday Book

A village in Wootton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Lanquetot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 10 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 13 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 mixed measures
  • Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures
  • Pasture: 3 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 12 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 4 acres