Babraham in the Domesday Book

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

Ten manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Brian of Scales (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 17 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godiva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 6/7¼ in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 1/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Mills: 1, value 5/2½

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Durand (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 18/7¼ in 1066; 18/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Kemp
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Pirot of Wyboston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/7¼ in 1066; 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofmer, Earl Gyrth's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1066; 3/2½ in 1086

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1066; 3/2½ in 1086

• 10th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Firmatus (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1086