Carlton in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin Frambold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern Fisher
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern Fisher
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Leofnoth son of Osmund
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Goldrun, Leofnoth son of Osmund's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 Freemen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard of Carlton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Mills: 1, value 13/2½

• 5th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Queen Edith
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alli of Lavendon; Ketilbert of Folksworth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ketilbert of Folksworth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketilbert of Folksworth
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 2/7¼ in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough