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Colmworth
Hundred
:
Barford
County
:
Bedfordshire
Total population
: 26 households (
quite large
).
Total tax assessed
: 5 geld units (
quite large
).
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Taxable units
: Taxable value 5 geld units.
Value
: Value to lord in 1066 £4. Value to lord in 1086 £5. Value to lord c. 1070 £5.
Households
: 12 villagers. 13 smallholders. 1 slave.
Ploughland
: 10 ploughlands (land for). 2 lord's plough teams. 8 men's plough teams.
Other resources
: Woodland 200 pigs.
Lord in 1066
:
Eskil (of Ware)
.
Overlord in 1066
:
King Edward
.
Lord in 1086
:
Wimund of Tessel
.
Tenant-in-chief in 1086
:
Hugh of Beauchamp
.
Phillimore reference
: 23,38
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