Potterne in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary; Wulfward White the noble
  • Tenants in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury; Arnulf of Hesdin
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 Englishmen (subinfeudated); 1 priest (subinfeudated); Arnulf of Hesdin; Alward Colling (subinfeudated); Bishop of Salisbury
  • Taxable Value: 52 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £60 in 1070; £69 in 1086
  • Households: 29 villagers; 49 smallholders; 6 slaves; 1 priest; 5 freedmen
  • Plough Teams: 14 lord's ploughs; 30 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 40 acres
  • Woodland: 1 mixed measure
  • Pasture: 2 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures
  • Mills: 6, value £2 3/2½

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 14 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 7/4¾

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alward Colling
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward Colling
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 4 furlongs