Kingston in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Algar; King Edward; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two; Freemen, ten; Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Banks (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 2 smallholders; 5 cottagers; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (7 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfgeat Ghost
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer of Bourn (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Goding Thorbert, Edeva the fair's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: ³⁄₈ plough

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer son of Goding
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer son of Goding
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Anneville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1066; 7¼d in 1070; 7¼d in 1086

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Robert son of Wiuhomarch
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bald (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1066; 4¾d in 1070; 4¾d in 1086