Conington in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 8 Freemen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 5/- in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 8 cottagers
  • Meadow: 2 ¹⁄₂ ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guard, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 7 shillings in 1070; 7 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 1 plough