Streatley in the Domesday Book

A village in Flitton hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Caddington; Thanes, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Pirot of Wyboston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 slave; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Eskil of Ware
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Eskil of Ware; Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Loucelles (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 16 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alstan of Boscombe
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin, Alstan of Boscombe's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Aelfric Small
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric, Aelfric Small's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Speke
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: 1 reeve
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 reeve
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086