Easton in the Domesday Book

A village in Stodden hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Ten manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wig, a royal thane; Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Ivry
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Ivry
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 200 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wig, a royal thane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Sigar of Chocques
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Sigar of Chocques
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 12 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 60 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Augi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 4 Freemen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Lincoln St Mary
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin Devil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Cairon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 3 slaves
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 100 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Tosti
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Stori of Bolingbroke
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern son of Richard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh Hubold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Eskil of Ware
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat, Eskil's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wimund of Tessel (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 6 smallholders
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Theodric (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 24 pigs

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Eskil of Ware
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Augi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 100 pigs

• 10th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Augi
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Blaec, Augi's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)