Upton in the Domesday Book

A village in Stone hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 18 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £21 in 1086
  • Households: 19 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 200 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
  • Other resources: 1 fishery

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric son of Goding
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alric son of Goding (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves