Bourn in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict; Esger the constable; Thane, one; Earl Algar; Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one; Men, two; Man, one; Priests, two; Men, thirteen; Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); Picot of Cambridge
  • Taxable Value: 13 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £24 in 1066; £20 in 1070; £15 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 4 smallholders; 17 cottagers; 7 freemen; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (17 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 17 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer of Bourn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer of Bourn (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 13 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (5 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 ¹⁄₂ ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer of Bennington
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 3 cottagers

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (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 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough