Leckhampstead in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Leofwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert Maminot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 18 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 18 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 ploughs
  • Woodland: 400 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swarting, Esger the constable's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 150 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swarting
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 50 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value 1/7¼