Ilmington in the Domesday Book

A village in Barcheston hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Meulan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Meulan
  • Taxable Value: 6 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 24 villagers; 3 smallholders; 9 slaves; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 40 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Meulan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odard of Ilmington (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric uncle of Thorkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aelric uncle of Thorkil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)