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Hundred:
Hertford
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County:
Hertfordshire
- Total population:
96 households
(very large).
- Total tax assessed:
25.0
geld units
(very large).
Bengeo appears in 9
entries in Domesday Book (show all).
❧ ENTRY 1 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 0.1 geld units.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £0.3.
Value to lord in 1086 £0.3.
Value to lord c. 1070 £0.3.
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Households:
1 villager.
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Ploughland:
0.5 ploughlands (land for).
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Lord in 1066:
Almer (of) Bennington.
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Overlord in 1066:
King Edward.
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Lord in 1086:
Peter of Valognes.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Peter of Valognes.
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Phillimore reference:
36,18
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❧ ENTRY 3 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 0.9 geld units.
Payments of 0.00833 rent.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £0.5.
Value to lord in 1086 £0.3.
Value to lord c. 1070 £0.3.
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Ploughland:
1 ploughland (land for).
0.5 lord's plough teams.
0.5 lord's plough teams possible.
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Lord in 1066:
Freemen, two.
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Overlord in 1066:
King Edward.
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Lords in 1086:
Frenchman, one;
priest, one.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Geoffrey of Bec.
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Phillimore reference:
34,19
❧ ENTRY 4 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 1.4 geld units.
Payments of 0.02 rent.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £2.
Value to lord in 1086 £1.
Value to lord c. 1070 £1.
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Households:
4 smallholders.
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Ploughland:
3 ploughlands (land for).
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Other resources:
Meadow 0.5 ploughs.
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Lords in 1066:
Alstan;
Leofsi;
Walcra.
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Overlord in 1066:
King Edward.
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Lord in 1086:
men-at-arms, three.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Geoffrey of Bec.
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Phillimore reference:
34,17
❧ ENTRY 5 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 1.4 geld units.
Payments of 0.02 rent.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £2.
Value to lord in 1086 £1.
Value to lord c. 1070 £1.
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Households:
4 villagers.
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Ploughland:
2 ploughlands (land for).
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Lord in 1066:
Freemen, four.
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Overlord in 1066:
King Edward.
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Lord in 1086:
Roger.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Geoffrey of Bec.
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Phillimore reference:
34,18
❧ ENTRY 6 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 3.3 geld units.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £4.
Value to lord in 1086 £2.3.
Value to lord c. 1070 £2.
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Households:
3 villagers.
2 smallholders.
6 cottagers.
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Ploughland:
4 ploughlands (land for).
1 lord's plough teams.
1 lord's plough teams possible.
2 men's plough teams.
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Other resources:
Meadow 1 ploughs.
Woodland 4 pigs.
1 mill, value 0.5.
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Lord in 1066:
Thorkil (of Digswell).
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Overlord in 1066:
Esger the constable.
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Lord in 1086:
Huard (of Noyers).
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Geoffrey de Mandeville.
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Phillimore reference:
33,15
❧ ENTRY 7 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 5.3 geld units.
Payments of 0.03 meadow, pasture, woodland.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £8.
Value to lord in 1086 £5.
Value to lord c. 1070 £5.
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Households:
2 villagers.
6 smallholders.
34 cottagers.
2 Frenchmen.
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Ploughland:
5 ploughlands (land for).
1 lord's plough teams.
1 lord's plough teams possible.
3 men's plough teams.
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Other resources:
3.5 lord's lands.
Meadow 2 ploughs.
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Lords in 1066:
Anund, a royal Guard;
Freeman, one.
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Overlord in 1066:
King Edward.
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Lord in 1086:
Geoffrey of Bec.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Geoffrey of Bec.
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Phillimore reference:
34,15
❧ ENTRY 8 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 6 geld units.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £6.
Value to lord in 1086 £3.
Value to lord c. 1070 £3.
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Households:
7 villagers.
6 smallholders.
2 slaves.
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Ploughland:
8 ploughlands (land for).
2 lord's plough teams.
2 men's plough teams.
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Other resources:
Meadow 3 ploughs.
Woodland 20 pigs.
1 mill, value 0.33.
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Lord in 1066:
Brand, a royal Guard.
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Overlord in 1066:
King Edward.
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Lord in 1086:
men-at-arms, two.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Hugh of Beauchamp.
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Phillimore reference:
27,1
❧ ENTRY 9 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 6.5 geld units.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £8.
Value to lord in 1086 £5.
Value to lord c. 1070 £3.
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Households:
2 villagers.
10 smallholders.
5 slaves.
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Ploughland:
8 ploughlands (land for).
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Other resources:
2.5 lord's lands.
Meadow 3 ploughs.
Woodland 30 pigs.
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Lord in 1066:
Elaf <of Driffield>.
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Overlord in 1066:
King Edward.
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Lords in 1086:
Geoffrey of Bec;
men-at-arms, four.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Geoffrey of Bec.
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Phillimore reference:
34,16