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Somerley
Hundred
:
Wittering
Area
: Chichester
County
:
Sussex
Total population
: 6 households (
quite small
).
Total tax assessed
: 1 geld units (
very small
).
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Taxable units
: Taxable value 1 geld units. Taxed on 1.0.
Value
: Value to lord in 1066 £1. Value to lord in 1086 £1. Value to lord c. 1070 £0.8.
Households
: 2 villagers. 3 smallholders. 1 slave.
Ploughland
: 1 ploughland (land for). 1 lord's plough teams. 1 men's plough teams.
Lord in 1066
:
Helghi <of Worth>
.
Overlord in 1066
:
King Edward
.
Lord in 1086
:
Reginald (the sheriff)
.
Tenant-in-chief in 1086
:
Earl Roger (of Shrewsbury)
.
Phillimore reference
: 11,46
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. Domesday data created by
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