Tarnock in the Domesday Book

A village in Bempstone hundred, in the county of Somerset.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Douai
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ludo of Vred (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Pasture: 5 furlongs
  • Animals in 1086: 13 cattle

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Douai
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 30 acres
  • Pasture: 6 furlongs
  • Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 14 pigs; 1 cob