Scaldwell in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aubrey de Vere (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 16 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 11 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 1/2½ in 1066; £1 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 7 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 9 smallholders; 9 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)