Ellesborough in the Domesday Book

A village in Aylesbury hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth son of Osmund
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Mainou the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mainou the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 14 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 10 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (11 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs
  • Woodland: 100 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Ellesborough (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 13 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £8 in 1086
  • Households: 17 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (11 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 105 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Baldwin son of Herlewin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Otbert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager