Arlesey in the Domesday Book

A village in Clifton hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Waltham Holy Cross
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs
  • Mills: 2, value £1 6/7¼

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alstan of Boscombe
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alstan of Boscombe; Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard of Arlesey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 13 villagers; 10 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herfast of Marston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 17 shillings in 1070; 17 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Wulfsi the prebendary
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfsi the prebendary
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld