Rushton in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eustace the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 19 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 female slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 4 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 2/7¼

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 freemen; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 15 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William the artificer (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1066; 6 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Woodland: 6 acres
  • Mills: 0.5, value 1 shillings

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Grestain Sainte-Marie & Saint-Pierre
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Grestain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Grestain
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders