Clipston in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Hereford
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Peverel
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders; 19 freemen; 1 men-at-arm
  • Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walkelin of Harrowden (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (1 plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld