Tadlow in the Domesday Book

A village in Arringford hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Ordric, King Edward's man; King Edward; Earl Algar
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ansketil, Ordric's man; Ordric, King Edward's man; Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 13 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Tosti
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil, Earl Tosti's priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 0.5 villagers; 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer of Eaton Socon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Azelina wife of Ralph Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the monk (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs