Misterton in the Domesday Book

A village in Oswaldbeck hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 furlongs
  • Woodland: 12 ¹⁄₂ furlongs
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Louvetot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 furlongs
  • Woodland: 4 furlongs

• 3rd 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: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 furlong