Kirtlington in the Domesday Book

A village in Kirtlington hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: King Edward; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 11 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £52 in 1086
  • Households: 42 villagers; 24 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 10 lord's ploughs; 21 men's ploughs
  • Mills: 2, value £1 15/-

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert d'Oilly
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osmund the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osmund the priest
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert d'Oilly (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)