Cotgrave in the Domesday Book

A village in Bingham hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 1 smallholder; 6 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 30 acres
  • Woodland: 2 furlongs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oghe
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Buron
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Buron
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 7 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 1 furlong
  • Churches: 0.5

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil of Hickling
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Buron
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 30 acres
  • Woodland: ¹⁄₂ furlong

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil of Hickling
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Buron
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warner of Cotgrave (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld