Rockbeare in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gotshelm brother of Walter of Claville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 55 acres
  • Woodland: 50 acres
  • Pasture: 50 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 16 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainer the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 6 acres
  • Pasture: 40 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 8 cattle

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward of Clyst (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1070; 7/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₈ men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 3 acres
  • Pasture: 25 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 1 oxen

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainer the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)