Cassington in the Domesday Book

A village in Wootton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 6 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 14 villagers; 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 29 acres
  • Pasture: 1 furlong

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wadard of Cogges (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 7 acres
  • Pasture: 2 furlongs
  • Mills: 1, value 15/4¾
  • Other resources: 1 fishery

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wadard of Cogges (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 7 acres
  • Pasture: 2 furlongs
  • Mills: 1, value 15/4¾
  • Other resources: 1 fishery