Bassingfield

 

Doomsday Book Entry

Bassingfield appears in 2 entries in the Domesday Book

Total population: 12 households (medium).

Total tax assessed: 2.0 geld units (quite small).

 

Entry 1

Taxable units: Taxable value 1.3 geld units
Households
: 8 freemen.
Ploughland
: 2 ploughlands (land for). 3 men's plough teams.
Other resources
: Meadow 15 acres.
Lord in 1066
: Thorth
Lord in 1086
: Roger of Bully


Entry 2

Taxable units: Taxable value 0.7 geld units.
Households
: 2 smallholders. 2 freemen.
Ploughland
: 1 ploughland (land for). 1 men's plough teams.
Other resources
: Meadow 5 acres.
Lord in 1066: Countess Gytha (of Hereford)
Lord in 1086
: William Peverel