Binton in the Domesday Book

A village in Fernecumbe hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grim
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gerin of Les Loges
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerin of Les Loges
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 15 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ludric of Hillborough
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern son of Richard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh Hubold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Mills: 0.5
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernwy
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Urso of Abetot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Urso of Abetot
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Mills: 1, value 2 shillings