Shepreth in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Algar; King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Freemen, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 Englishmen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 2/- in 1070; £2 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 9 cottagers; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 2 ¹⁄₄ ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value £6 19/9½

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Chatteris St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Chatteris
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Chatteris
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs
  • Mills: 1, value 5/2½

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sigar the steward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Sigar the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/12 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Mills: 2, value 10/7¼

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hemming of Branston
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 8 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
  • Mills: 0.16, value 1 shillings

• 5th 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: Hardwin of Scales (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh Pedefold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough