Comberton in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William; 1 Freeman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 1/12 in 1066; £5 -/12 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Waltheof; Archbishop Stigand; King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Freemen, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 11 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; King Edward; Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Erchenger the baker
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Erchenger the baker
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Keynes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Keynes
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: 1 plough