Isleham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, four; King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 6 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £23 8/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 16 villagers; 10 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 10 ploughs
  • Mills: 3.5, value £1 2/7¼

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Thorbert
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin the hunter; Freemen, twelve
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Rochester (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 11 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs
  • Mills: 0.5, value 2/7¼

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordgar, King Edward's sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Port
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Port
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Swaffham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough