Ladbroke in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Warwick
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Lovet (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves; 1 men-at-arm
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Meulan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Lovet (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 10 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Warwick
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer uncle of Thorkil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 2 smallholders; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Warwick
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ermenfrid of Warwick (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 men
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hereward 'the Wake'
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Warwick
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Wormleighton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Lovet (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Warwick
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 priest (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: 2 acres