Horsenden in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Ingeld; Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 6 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Mills: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wilfred
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Harding of Horsenden
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Harding of Horsenden
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Leofwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Ivry (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Leofwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin, Earl Leofwin's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert d'Oilly (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086