Radway in the Domesday Book

A village in Hunesberi hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Coventry St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Coventry
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ermenfrid of Warwick (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 13 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 16 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Harding son of Alnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of la Guerche (farmed royal manor)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 8 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph of Hereford
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard the forester
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ermenfrid of Warwick (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 acres