Ripley in the Domesday Book

A village in Shirley hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat the hunter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Wulfgeat the hunter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfgeat the hunter
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 40 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtlac of Througham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres