Curridge in the Domesday Book

A village in Thatcham hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 7 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₈ men's plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edward
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)