Kingston Deverill In The Domesday Book

1086

The Canons of Lisieux.

The Canons of Lisieux hold [Kingston] Deverill.

Edith held it before 1066, it paid tax for 4 hides.

Land for 3 ploughs, of which 3 and a half hides, less than 3 acres, are in lordship;

1 plough there; 2 slaves.

6 Cottagers with 1 villager have 1 plough.

Meadow 3 acres. Pasture 4 furlongs long and 3 furlongs wide.

The value was 40 shillings but is now 70 shillings.