Littlecote in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wicga
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Noyers (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne of Hoggeston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Herch, Brictric's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Noyers (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: 1 plough