Pampisford in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Mills: 1, value £1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Banks (subinfeudated); Ralph the Breton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ¹⁄₂ acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Aelfric Kemp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric, Aelfric the noble's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Banks (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/4¾ in 1066; 5/4¾ in 1070; 5/4¾ in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 priest (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/2½ in 1066; 5/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 priest

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Snelling
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Snelling
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1066; 1 shillings in 1086

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Aelfric Kemp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Burro
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Pirot of Wyboston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1066; 4¾d in 1086