Harlestone in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £15 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 10 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 8/7¼

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ordgar; Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Keynes (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Hereford
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Peverel
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 3 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Wigginton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld