Bassingbourn in the Domesday Book

A village in Arringford hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edeva the fair; Earl Algar
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair; Freemen, eight; Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 7 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £26 in 1066; £26 in 1070; £30 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 11 smallholders; 10 cottagers; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs (18 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 ploughs
  • Mills: 2, value £1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Mills: 2, value £1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofing (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough