Eversholt in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorgisl
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 15 villagers; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 8 ploughs
  • Woodland: 100 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Herbert the reeve
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert the reeve
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 6 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansgot of Rochester (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 50 pigs