Larkbeare in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Emma wife of Baldwin the sheriff (subinfeudated); Alfred the Breton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £10 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 13 villagers; 8 smallholders; 10 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 58 acres
  • Woodland: 62 acres
  • Pasture: 113 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 18 cattle; 6 pigs; 24 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Almer; Ulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 20 acres
  • Pasture: 193 acres