Mollington in the Domesday Book

A village in Willaston hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Rhuddlan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Rhuddlan
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 2 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Gunnar of Mollington
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Rhuddlan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 14 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 acres