Chawston in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, twelve
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Speke
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Rainward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 16 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 7 ploughs
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value 13/2½

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rhiwallon of Pulloxhill (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough
  • Woodland: 60 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Speke
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William the gross (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough