Rushton in the Domesday Book

A village in Winfrith [Newburgh] hundred, in the county of Dorset.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Burde
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Braose
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Braose
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Pasture: 1 league
  • Mills: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edric the reeve
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edric the reeve
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 9 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 5 ¹⁄₂ acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Odo son of Everbold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo son of Everbold
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 4 acres
  • Pasture: 1 league

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Grip's wife Hawise
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Turold, a man-at-arms of the wife of Hugh son of Grip (subinfeudated); 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Pasture: 200 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1086