Passenham in the Domesday Book

A village in Cleyley hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 30 acres
  • Woodland: 1 league
  • Mills: 1, value 13/2½

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reginald
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough