Thurning in the Domesday Book

A village in Leightonstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Grandcourt (subinfeudated); Jocelyn (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 24 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Crowland St Guthlac
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eustace the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 3/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager