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Source:British document TNA, E 31/2/1/5603

From Ross Surname Project

TNA, E 31/2/1/5603
Place name: Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire. Folio: 144v; 145r Great Domesday Book. Domesday place name: Prestone.
Originally written 1086


Document

The National Archives (UK) catalogue
Held by The National Archives, Kew
Collection Exchequer: Treasury of the Receipt: Domesday Book etc. (E 31/2/1)
Collection notes Great Domesday: Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire,...
Reference E 31/2/1/5603 (link to catalog entry)
Title Place name: Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire. Folio: 144v; 145r Great Domesday Book. Domesday place name: Prestone.
Description People mentioned within entire folio: Aethelnoth Cild, thegn of King Edward; Alric Gangamere; Ansgot de Rots; Avelin, thegn of King Edward; Earl Leofwine; Ernulf de Hesdin; Fridebert, man of Earl Leofwine; Gilbert Maminot, Bishop of Lisieux; Godric; Godwine, man of Earl Leofwine; Helto; King William as landholder; Leithr, thegn of King Edward; Man of Aelfgifu sister of Earl Harold; Man of Avelin; Man of Azur; Men of Azur son of Toti; Men of Beorhtric; Men of Earl Leofwine; Men of Thegn of King Edward Alweard Cild; Queen Edith; Robert; Robert d'Oilly; Roger; Roger d'Ivry; Sister of Alric Gangamere; Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury; Tedald; Thorgisl, man of Baldwin son of Herluin; Turstin; Turstin de Gironde; Wiglaf; Wiglaf, man of Earl Leofwine; William fitzOgier.
Period 1086
Closure status Open Document, Open Description
Closure type Normal Closure before FOI Act:
Subjects C10106 Taxation;

C10053 Landed estates

Digitised Yes
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  • 1086 - Ansgot de Ros holds of the bishop Prestone in Rowley Hundred, Buckingham. It is assessed at 15 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In demesne are 3 ploughs ; and 11 villeins with 7 bordars have 5 ploughs. There are 6 serfs, and 1 mill rendering 32d, meadow for 8 ploughs, woodland for 200 swine. It is worth 100 shillings; when received 4 pounds; T.R.E. as much. This manor Wiglaf, a man of Earl Leofwine, held and could sell.[1]
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Sources

  1. "Preston Bissett, Buckinghamshire. Folio: 144v; 145r Great Domesday Book" The National Archives. 18 Dec 2008. Retrieved 17 Jul 2025.