Hexton in the Domesday Book

A village in Hitchin hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of St Alban's
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of St Alban's; 1 Englishman (subinfeudated); Geoffrey of Bec (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 8 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £17 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 13 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 cottagers; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Mills: 2, value 3/2½

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric, Esger the constable's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey of Bec
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 2 cottagers
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
  • Mills: 1, value 3/2½

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King's Freeman, one (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1066; 1/7¼ in 1070; 1/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager