Reed in the Domesday Book

A village in Odsey hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Abbey of Chatteris St Mary
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Sired, Earl Harold's man; Sinoth, the Abbot of Chatteris' man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Taxable Value: 5 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 cottagers; 6 slaves; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
  • Woodland: 10 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward the noble
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Roscelin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofing the priest, Edeva's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorbiorn of Orwell
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward the noble (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 6 cottagers

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Chatteris St Mary
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sinoth, the Abbot of Chatteris' man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086