Hardwick in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saxi, a royal Guard
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Turstin son of Rolf
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turstin son of Rolf
  • Taxable Value: 19 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £15 in 1086
  • Households: 24 villagers; 4 smallholders; 8 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 14 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (19 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 10 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saeward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer of Wootton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswulf of Hardwick
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough