Hilperton in the Domesday Book

A village in Whorwellsdown hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Cornelian
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Cornelian
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Pasture: 20 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ansger the cook
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger the cook
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 slave; 9 other households
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Pasture: 20 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldhild's husband
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aldhild
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aldhild
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godwin Clack
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin Clack
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086