Sharnbrook in the Domesday Book

A village in Willey hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Eleven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 7 Freemen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 3/12 in 1070; £1 3/12 in 1086
  • Woodland: 24 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar, Queen Edith's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Albert of Lorraine
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Albert of Lorraine
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value 16 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwold of Stevington
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Roscelin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 60 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat, King Edward's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Flanders
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin, Burgred father of Edwin's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Thorgisl the Englishman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 6 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: 1 plough

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric, Burgred father of Edwin's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Carteret (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 6 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Woodland: 30 pigs

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tovi, a royal Guard
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern Fisher
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern Fisher
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 6/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value 1/2½
  • Other resources: 1 fishery

• 10th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern of Brouay (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086

• 11th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer's father
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Almer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086