Broom in the Domesday Book

Broom about 1900 [Z1306/106]

Nigel d'Aubigny held Broom in 1086. It consisted of 5 hides| and d'Aubigny's tenant was Nigel of Le Vast. The holding included 9 villagers and 5 smallholders - a total of 14 which must be multiplied by at least four to take account of their dependents - giving a putative population of something over 50. The holding also contained woodland for 30 pigs and was worth 40 shillings. It had been held by seven freemen in 1066, before being taken away from them and given to Nigel by William I. Unusually d'Aubigny's holding in Broom did not become a Manor in the Middle Ages.