Hinxton in the Domesday Book

A village in Whittlesford hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Algar; King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Freemen, nineteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Taxable Value: 15 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £16 in 1070; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 20 villagers; 12 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 9 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs
  • Mills: 2, value £1 1/2½

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value 8 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Estred
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Durand (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 slaves
  • Meadow: 1 plough