Cotham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Godiva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 7 smallholders; 71 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 21 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (21 ³⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 280 acres
  • Woodland: 5 furlongs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thori son of Roald; Swein the noble
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 60 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wazelin of Cotham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres