Beachampton in the Domesday Book

A village in Rowley hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric son of Goding
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 9 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin of Nuneham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Leofwin of Nuneham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofwin of Nuneham
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Azur son of Toti
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric, Azur son of Toti's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Ivry
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofwin of Nuneham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Meadow: 1 plough