Meldreth in the Domesday Book

A village in Arringford hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Algar; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, five; Grim; Edric Snipe; Godwin the priest; Alsi the noble; Almer the priest; Aelfric brother of Godwin the priest; Wynsi; Edric the priest; Alsi; Leofwin the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Raimbeaucourt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Guy of Raimbeaucourt
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 15 smallholders; 3 cottagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 ploughs
  • Mills: 2, value 10/7¼

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 10 smallholders; 3 cottagers; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gode mother of Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Evroult (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Mills: 2, value 13/2½

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Churches: 1

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh Pedefold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 cottagers; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1, value 5/2½

• 6th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Kolsveinn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolsveinn (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 cottagers
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Mills: 2, value 18 shillings

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Guy of Raimbeaucourt (subinfeudated)
  • Households: 10 freemen