Breaston in the Domesday Book

A village in Morleystone hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mauger of Ilkeston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 8 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 18 villagers; 7 smallholders; 10 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (8 ³⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 70 acres
  • Woodland: 1 mixed measure

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ligulf; Leofwin the noble
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulco of Lisors (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 1/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent (subinfeudated); Geoffrey Alselin
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 1 mixed measure

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth Sterre
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert of Burrough (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ⁵⁄₈ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 3 acres