Cople in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 100 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunfrid (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 slave
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Eskil of Ware; Alstan
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 6 shillings in 1070; 6 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Branting (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7/4¾ in 1066; 7/4¾ in 1070; 7/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Liboret (subinfeudated); Roger the priest (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₄ lord's plough ( ⁵⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin, King Edward's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1066; 2/4¾ in 1070; 2/4¾ in 1086