Pytchley in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Azo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 6 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 freemen; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin the hunter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William the artificer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William the artificer
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 11 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 1 smallholder; 5 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 3 furlongs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcher Malsor (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Meadow: 1 acre