Witton in the Domesday Book

A village in Clent hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tuini, a royal thane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Corbucion
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 18 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 female slave; 1 priest; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
  • Other resources: 3 salthouses

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Evesham St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Urso of Abetot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunfrid (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 2 slaves; 7 burgesses
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Other resources: 1.5 salthouses