Potsgrove in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (7 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Morcar the priest of Luton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William the chamberlain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William the chamberlain
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Tosti
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswy
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: 1 groom
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 groom
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)