Pitstone in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Thorgisl (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 6 geld

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Leofwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toroi, Earl Leofwin's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Lanquetot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfgeat of Aylesbury
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Woodland: 30 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Woodland: 30 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Swarting (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
  • Woodland: 25 pigs

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gladwin of Pitstone
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcwald (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Woodland: 10 pigs