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Domesday Book

Last updated: 14/04/2026

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Below is the extract from the Somerset section of the Domesday Book:

William holds of the Bishop of Coutances TIMSBURY Api held it Tempore Regis Edwardii* and it paid geld for 5 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. In demesne is 1 plough and 2 slaves, and 2 villans and 1 bordar with 1 plough. There are 2 parts of a mill rendering 3s and 26 acres of meadow and as much pasture. It was worth 26s, now 50s. To this manor have been added 2 hides which Sibbi held as 1 manor Tempore Regis Edwardii* and it paid geld for as much. There is land for 2 ploughs which are there with 1 slave and 1 villan and 3 bordars. There is the third part of a mill rendering 2s and 16 acres of meadow and as much pasture. It was worth 13s, now 30s * In the time of King Edward (the Confessor) The Bishop of Coutances was William 1’s second highest tenant-in-chief after the Count of Mortain. He held land totalling 343s 8d (371 1/2 hides)

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