Burbage in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey de L'Isle
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Blaecmann (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 other households
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Woodland: 3 furlongs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric the hunter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard Sturmy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 slave; 4 other households
  • Meadow: 2 arpents
  • Woodland: 4 furlongs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Hauville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Hauville
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Woodland: 3 furlongs

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Vitalis the priest (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Churches: 1