Brickendon in the Domesday Book

A village in Hertford hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Waltham Holy Cross
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Waltham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Waltham
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 9 smallholders; 24 cottagers; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 200 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value 8 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofrun, Archbishop Stigand's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey of Bec
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isembart (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin the King's servant
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin the King's servant
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswy, Esger the constable's man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 cottager
  • Woodland: 40 pigs