Buckland in the Domesday Book

A village in Gainfield hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Exeter St Peter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric Kemp
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
  • Taxable Value: 15 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £8 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 7 cottagers; 7 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 220 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1, value 12/4¾
  • Other resources: 4 fisheries

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Abingdon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Abingdon
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 1 cottager; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 15 acres
  • Other resources: 0.5 fisheries

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Evreux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Evreux
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 17/4¾ in 1066; £1 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 cottagers
  • Meadow: 12 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Evreux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Evreux
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 cottagers
  • Meadow: 7 acres