Winterbourne in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Lank
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Theodric (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 11 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 3 swine render

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictheah
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hascoit Musard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 8 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 4 swine render

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Salisbury St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Salisbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf Flambard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough (1 plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictheah
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hascoit Musard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kenmarchuc (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough