Birchanger in the Domesday Book

A village in Uttlesford hundred, in the county of Essex.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 50 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 28 pigs; 36 goats; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Heoruwulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Tezelin the priest (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Germund of St Ouen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Woodland: 30 pigs