Swinford in the Domesday Book

A village in Guthlaxton hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

Ten manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 1/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 men
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (4 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Arnbiorn the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnbiorn the priest
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oslac White
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 6th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alsi (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 15 acres

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Harding son of Alnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bitteswell (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 slave
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

• 8th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey of la Guerche
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

• 9th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

• 10th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulf (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086