Turvey in the Domesday Book

A village in Willey hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value £1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswulf son of Frani
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1066; £3 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 10 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Lincoln St Mary
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward, Bishop Wulfwy's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel of le Vast (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 13 shillings in 1070; 13 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alwold of Stevington
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wimund of Tessel (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwold of Stevington
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Ardres (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warner of Turvey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth son of Osmund
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Flanders (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 8 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alwin the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin the priest
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)