Southill in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, sixteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Speke
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 Frenchmen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 8 smallholders; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 7 ploughs
  • Woodland: 200 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs
  • Woodland: 100 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tuffa, Earl Waltheof's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 60 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Caddington
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Flanders
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard Poynant
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard Poynant
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Woodland: ¹⁄₂ hide

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Caddington
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alric Wintermilk (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric Wintermilk
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Cairon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough