Radwell in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel of le Vast (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 7 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tovi, a royal Guard
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 1 plough