Carlton in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Cluny (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £8 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 14 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 100 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three; Earl Harold; Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: 3 Freemen (subinfeudated); Countess Judith
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki of Walton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Grandcourt (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 1.5 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough
  • Woodland: 12 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Earl Algar
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two; Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wiuhomarch the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld