Willingham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st 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: 7 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 8 cottagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 7 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswulf of Willingham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 Freeman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough
  • Pasture: ¹⁄₄ plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Golda, the Abbot of Ely's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086