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Cookham

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  • Hundred: Beynhurst
  • County: Berkshire
  • Total population: 67 households (very large).
  • Total tax assessed: 20 exemption units (very large).
  • Taxable units: Taxable value 20 exemption units. Payments of 1.66 miscellaneous.
  • Value: Value to lord in 1066 £50. Value to lord in 1086 £38.8. Value to lord c. 1070 £2.5.
  • Households: 32 villagers. 4 slaves. 31 cottagers.
  • Ploughland: 25 ploughlands (land for). 23 men's plough teams.
  • Other resources: Meadow 73 acres. Woodland 100 swine render;in Forest. 2 mills, value 1.12. 2 fisheries. 1 church.
  • Lord in 1066: King Edward.
  • Lords in 1086: Reinbald of Cirencester; King William; clerics, two.
  • Tenant-in-chief in 1086: King William.
  • Phillimore reference: 1,3
  • Waste in 1086: Partial

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