Stagsden in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Men, two; Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 100 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, twelve
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert son of Ivo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £9 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 7 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwy the Englishman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)