ENTRIES FOR OAKINGTON IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK
In NORTHSTOW Hundred:
Land of the Abbot of Ely
In OAKINGTON Alfgeat the priest holds 15 acres from the Abbot.
Land for 1 ox.
The value is and always was 3s.
The very same man held it before 1066; he could grant, but the jurisdiction remained with the Abbot.
Land of Crowland Church
The Abbot of Crowland holds 7 ½ hides in OAKINGTON. Land for 8 ploughs. In lordship 4 hides; 2 ploughs there.
14 villagers and 3 smallholders with 6 ploughs.
4 cottagers; 3 slaves.
Meadow for 2 ploughs.
The total value is and was £6; before 1066 £8.
This manor was and is in the lordship of St. Guthlac’s Church.
Land of Picot of Cambridge
In OAKINGTON 2 men-at-arms hold 2 hides and 1 virgate and 10 acres from Picot; also a third man-at-arms holds ½ hide and 9 acres and 3 gardens there. Land for 3 ½ ploughs. 2 there; [another] 1 ½ possible.
12 villagers with 3 smallholders and 8 cottagers.
In total, value £4 10s; when acquired 100s; before 1066 £8.
Blackwin the Sheriff held ½ hide and 9 acres of this land from the King. 2 other men of the King’s held 1 hide and 3 virgates; they found 1 cartage and 1 escort. A man of the Abbot of Ely’s had 1 ½ hides and 10 acres; he could sell, but the jurisdiction remained with the Abbot.
Land of the Wife of Boselin of Dives
In OAKINGTON the wife of Boselin of Dives holds 1 ½ hides which the Bishop of Bayeux delivered to her, but the men of the Hundred do not know for what reason. Land for 1 ½ ploughs. 6 oxen there; [another] 1 plough possible.
3 villagers; 2 cottagers.
The value is and was 30s; before 1066, 60s.
Siward, Earl Waltheof’s man, held this land and could sell;
but the jurisdiction remained with the Abbot of Ely.
Land of Countess Judith
In OAKINGTON Roger holds 1 ½ hides and 10 acres from the Countess. Land for 1 ½ ploughs. ½ there; [another] plough possible.
1 villager; 6 cottagers.
Value 30s; when acquired 20s; before 1066 £4.
Godwin, Earl Waltheof’s man, held this land and could sell.
Reference: Domesday Book 18 Cambridgeshire. History from the Sources series. Gen. Ed. John Morris. Ed. Alexander Rumble. Pub. Phillimore, Chichester, 1981. ISBN 0 85033 387 3 (case). ISBN 0 85033 388 1 (limp).
Compiled by HAE Stroude, 2010
