Keysoe in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Eskil of Ware; Freemen, twelve
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 4 ploughs
  • Woodland: 200 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aellic of Keysoe
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aellic of Keysoe (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 7 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 50 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin Devil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alwin Devil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin Devil
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1066; 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern son of Richard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh Hubold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086