Domesday Entry of 1086 for the area around Penryn

"The Bishop has 1 manor which is called Treliwel (Treliver) which Bishop Leuric held T.R.E. and it rendered geld for 1 1/2 hides. Twenty teams can plough this. Thereof the Bishop has in demesne half a hide and the villeins have 1 hide and 12 ploughs. There the Bishop has 30 villeins and 4 bordars and 4 serfs and 5 unbroken mares and 2 cows and 30 sheep and 60 acres of Woodland and of pasture 2 leagues in length and 2 in breath. This manor is worth 4li."

(from The Book of Falmouth & Penryn, by Bob Dunstan)

Notes:

• The manor of Treliever included the entire parishes of Mabe, Mawman and Budock with the greater part of Gluvias and Mylor and a small part of Constantine.
• The "Bishop" referred to is the Bishop of Exeter.
• T.R.E. [in the time of King Edward, 1042-1066]
• li [pounds]
• demesne: that part of the manor cultivated directly by the lord
• A hide is about 120 acres.
• A plough team is normally eight oxen

• Villein: An unfree peasant who owed his lord labour services of about two or three days per week, who also farmed land for themselves.
• Bordars: An unfree peasant with less land than a Villein.
• Serf: A person who was the property of his lord and had no lands.
• Villein, Bordars, and Serf referred to a male head of the household. Size of household is estimated to be about 4.5 persons. The total population would hence be about 171.