Harrowden in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, fourteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Taxable Value: 6 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 14 villagers; 10 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Tosti
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ascelin, Earl Tosti's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Bedford (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernwin the priest's father
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ernwin the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ernwin the priest
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
  • Woodland: 4 pigs