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In the divisions of England that took place between AD 613 and 1017, Buckinghamshire was divided into eight hundreds.

The manor of Adstock originally formed part of the Votesdune Hundred, then merged into the Ashendon Hundred and was finally absorbed into the Buckingham Hundred.

At that time it was surrounded by the Bernwood, one of the most important Royal Forests.

At the end of the 10th century, Adstock formed a portion of the Lands of Godwine, Earl of Kent and his second wife Gytha Thorkelsdóttir.