Salden in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Alwin of Nuneham; Alward the noble; Azur son of Toti; Alwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin of Nuneham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Leofwin of Nuneham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofwin of Nuneham
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs