Lopen in the Domesday Book

A village in South Petherton hundred, in the county of Somerset.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tovi the sheriff of Somerset
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Harding son of Alnoth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Harding son of Alnoth
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 10 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard the ditcher (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 3 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Courseulles
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard the ditcher (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 10 acres