Maulden in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwold of Stevington; Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Elstow (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 ploughs
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin Devil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 ploughs
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Eskil of Ware
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: 1 reeve
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 reeve
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 5th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld