Riseley

Other current and historical names

Riselai

Built-Up Area: Riseley
Parish/Community: Riseley
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°15'15"N 0°28'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 504243, 262879
OS Grid: TL042628
Mapcode Local: GBR G0M.LWS
Mapcode Global: VHFPN.QLMS

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Riseley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Riseley in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin; Freemen, six
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 Frenchmen (subinfeudated); 6 Englishmen (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 12/- in 1070; £3 12/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 7 smallholders; 1 slave
- Meadow: 3 ploughs
- Woodland: 200 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric the sheriff
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
- Woodland: 20 pigs
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil of Ware
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Honday, Earl Harold's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: David of Argentan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: David of Argentan
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Godric the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfnoth, Godric the sheriff's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alric the priest (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders
6th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Stori of Bolingbroke
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern son of Richard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh Hubold (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

British Place Names

Riseley, Bedford

Riseley is a village in Bedford

Riseley in historic gazetteers

Riseley in the Domesday Book