Oakington in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Crowland St Guthlac
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
  • Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 14 villagers; 3 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Men, two; Blaecwin the sheriff; Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 3 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £4 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 3 smallholders; 8 cottagers

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin the noble
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 6 cottagers

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Boselin of Dives' wife
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Boselin of Dives' wife
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 cottagers

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfgeat the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfgeat the priest (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086