Cropredy in the Domesday Book

A village in Banbury hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Lincoln St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Edward (subinfeudated); Roger of Ivry (subinfeudated); Robert d'Oilly (subinfeudated); Gilbert (subinfeudated); Robert son of Walkelin (subinfeudated); Theodric (subinfeudated); Richard of Newark (subinfeudated); Ansgered of Waterville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 30 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £27 in 1066; £29 in 1070; £30 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 28 villagers; 27 smallholders; 10 slaves; 4 Frenchmen
  • Plough Teams: 13 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs (34 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 22 acres
  • Woodland: 5 acres
  • Mills: 3, value £1 15/2½

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Lincoln St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: 25 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £28 in 1066; £30 in 1070; £30 in 1086
  • Households: 55 villagers; 22 smallholders; 12 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 34 men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 120 acres
  • Pasture: 132 acres
  • Mills: 2, value £1 7/12