Stetchworth in the Domesday Book

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

Four 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: 8 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 16 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 260 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grim
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ hide

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086