Alciston in the Domesday Book

A village in Wandelmestrei hundred, in the county of Sussex.

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth the noble of Kent
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Battle
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated); Alfred (subinfeudated); Abbey of Battle; Reinbert the sheriff (subinfeudated); Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 44 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £48 in 1066; £30 in 1070; £40 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 70 villagers; 8 smallholders; 12 slaves; 7 burgesses
  • Plough Teams: 8 lord's ploughs; 23 men's ploughs (28 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 50 acres
  • Woodland: 4 swine render
  • Pasture: 6 grazing for pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Goda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ⁵⁄₈ men's plough (3 plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Wilton St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Wilton St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reinbert the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
  • Woodland: 2 swine render

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Wilton St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 3 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Goda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager