Clarborough in the Domesday Book

A village in Oswaldbeck hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₄ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Mills: 2, value £1 12/-

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Regnvald
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulco of Lisors (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 4 furlongs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Arnketil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ernwin the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ernwin the priest
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Wulfmer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfmer
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ³⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 6 furlongs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil brother of Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulfkil brother of Algar (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1066; 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 2 furlongs