Lavendon in the Domesday Book

A village in Bunsty hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Ten manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, seven; Alli of Lavendon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 ploughs
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Mills: 1.5, value £1 7/-

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alric son of Goding
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Wigginton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Lincoln St Mary
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Lanquetot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 8 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 30 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alli of Lavendon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hunman, Alli's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Olney (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 30 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alli of Lavendon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Blosseville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 100 pigs

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin; Wulfric, Burgred father of Edwin's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs
  • Woodland: 12 pigs

• 8th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin; Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 3 Freemen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
  • Woodland: 8 pigs

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Countess Goda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorbert of Chellington
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs
  • Woodland: 15 pigs

• 10th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ketil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketil
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 7 shillings in 1070; 7 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 10 pigs