 At the Domesday survey of 1086, it was held by Geoffrey de Mowbray, Bishop of Coutances, and contained two hides, of which one and a half were in demesne and the rest was held of the manor by tenants.Two villeins, three bordars, one plough, twenty acres of pasture and four of woodland were recorded.Pertwood later became a manor of the Earls of Gloucester, which it remained until the early 15th century.