Soulbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Cottesloe hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, eleven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne of Hoggeston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 14 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (17 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value 16 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Mills: 1, value 16 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer of Wootton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Englishmen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Azelina wife of Ralph Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Azelina wife of Ralph Tallboys
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric Bolest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godwin the beadle
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin the beadle
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7/4¾ in 1066; 7/4¾ in 1070; 7/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Dot
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086