Barrowden in the Domesday Book

A village in Witchley hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Port (farmed royal manor)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 9 villagers; 3 smallholders; 10 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 6 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 6 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Tosny
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 1 furlong

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Port (farmed royal manor)
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 33 villagers; 23 smallholders; 15 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 19 men's ploughs
  • Woodland: 6 furlongs
  • Mills: 1, value 3 shillings