Bromham in the Domesday Book

A village in Buckelowe hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi of Bromham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Serlo of Rots (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 6 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 16 villagers; 5 smallholders; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 ploughs
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value £1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value £1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofric; Alwold of Stevington
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Ardres (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osgeat of Bromham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osgeat of Bromham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osgeat of Bromham
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough