Charwelton in the Domesday Book

A village in Gravesend hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Thorney St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Thorney
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Keynes (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086