Hulcote in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Theobald (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Peverel (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 1 furlong
  • Mills: 1, value 7¼d