Datchworth in the Domesday Book

A village in Broadwater hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 2 cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Blaec
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil of Rots (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₈ plough
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey of Bec
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 12/7¼ in 1070; 12/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Almer of Bennington
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alstan
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; 6 shillings in 1070; 6 shillings in 1086