Sutton in the Domesday Book

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

Eleven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Thorbert of Chellington (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Thorkil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 8 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin the reeve (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edward; Alwin the reeve
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alwin the reeve
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin the reeve
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1070; 8 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin the reeve (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 6 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: ³⁄₄ plough

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Ordwy of Bedford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer, King Edward's priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 6 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofgar, King Edward's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofgar, King Edward's man (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric, King Edward's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edric, King Edward's man (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 10th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated); Sweting of Sutton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1070; 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 11th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alwin the reeve
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin the reeve
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1070; 4 shillings in 1086