Toft in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 2 cottagers; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 6 cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Erchenger the baker
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Erchenger the baker
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 5 cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough