Shalbourne in the Domesday Book

A village in Kintbury hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £20 in 1086
  • Households: 14 villagers; 13 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh the ass
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 other households
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 arpent
  • Woodland: 2 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordwold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard Sturmy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard Sturmy
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 4 slaves; 3 other households
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 arpents
  • Woodland: 4 furlongs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordwold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Wulfric the hunter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfric the hunter
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders

• 5th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Asgot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Asgot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086