Cottenham in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Crowland St Guthlac
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
  • Taxable Value: 11 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 8 ploughs

• 2nd 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: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 10 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 16 villagers; 10 cottagers; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 8 ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Earl Waltheof
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 8 cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 3 ploughs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Crowland St Guthlac
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Meadow: 5 acres