Astwick in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard of Arlesey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wenelinc (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Tosti
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leodmer of Bygrave
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leodmer of Bygrave (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Mills: 1, value 9/2½

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Caddington
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Flanders (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1070; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Mills: 1, value 13 shillings