Swanbourne in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alward the noble
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwin; Alward the noble
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 7 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictwin, a royal thane; Almer of Wootton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Almer of Wootton (subinfeudated); Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Meadow: 5 ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 ploughs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein, Esger the constable's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswy
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne of Hoggeston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086