Teversham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Algar; Godwin the noble
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Suneman; Edsi; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: John son of Waleran
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: John son of Waleran
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 17 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Cherry Hinton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 1 plough