The Domesday Book Entry
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Davenham is mentioned as a settlement in the Domesday Book of 1086, located in the hundred of Middlewich and in the county of Cheshire. Along with Shipbrook, it was listed as under the ownership of Richard de Vernon. He had been rewarded with these lands (confiscated from the Saxon lord, Lord Osmer) for his services to William the Conqueror during the Battle of Hastings.
Davenham is recorded as having a population of 5 households (putting it in the smallest 20% of settlements recorded in the Domesday) and interestingly, a church.
The translation of the Davenham entry reads:
Land of Richard of Vernon
Households
- Households: 1 villager. 1 smallholder. 2 slaves. 1 priest.
Land and resources
- Ploughland: 2 ploughlands. 1 lord's plough teams. 0.5 men's plough teams.
- Other resources: 1 church.
Valuation
- Annual value to lord: 5 shillings in 1086; 8 shillings in 1066.
Owners
- Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Richard of Vernon
- Lord in 1086: Richard of Vernon
Lord in 1066: Osmer of Shipbrooke
The translation of the Shipbrook entry reads:
Land of Richard of Vernon
Households
- Households: 2 villagers. 2 slaves.
Land and resources
- Ploughland: 5 ploughlands. 1 lord's plough teams. 2 men's plough teams.
- Other resources: Meadow 3 acres. Woodland 2 acres.
Valuation
- Annual value to lord: 10 shillings in 1086; 1 pound in 1066.
Owners
- Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Richard of Vernon
- Lord in 1086: Richard of Vernon
Lord in 1066: Osmer of Shipbrooke
