Histon in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Lincoln St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: 16 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £14 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 18 villagers; 18 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 13 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Lincoln St Mary
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, nine
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 9 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 19 cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin the mead-keeper
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 cottager
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Judicael the hunter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Morin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld