Dingley in the Domesday Book

A village in Stoke hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Wigginton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 5 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bucy
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 13/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 11 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hildwin of Brampton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 3 acres