Barkway in the Domesday Book

A village in Edwinstree hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 15 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 6 slaves; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Prince Edgar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin of Hormead (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 15 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Algar; Aldred
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 7 shillings in 1070; 7 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 cottager

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldred, a royal thane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward