Newington in the Domesday Book

A village in Bewsbury hundred, in the county of Kent.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Elham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £12 in 1086
  • Households: 21 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 3.5, value £5 5/-

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 Freeman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld