Boxworth in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, seven; Thane, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 cottagers; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 cottagers; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 6 Freemen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 Freemen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 6/- in 1066; 18/7¼ in 1070; 18/7¼ in 1086
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough