Wavendon in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein, Earl Harold's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansel (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Goldnir, a royal Guard
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 15 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictwin, Earl Harold's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 15 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wigot of Wallingford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordwy, Wigot of Wallingford's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer of Wootton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin Cave
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Leofwin Chaua
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofwin Chaua
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Leofnoth son of Osmund
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Kentish, Leofnoth son of Osmund's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Wigginton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin of Nuneham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Leofwin of Nuneham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin the priest (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough