Childerditch in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordgar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Sasselin of Layer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Sasselin of Layer
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 3/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Pasture: 60 sheep
  • Animals in 1066: 12 cattle; 24 pigs; 4 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 6 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Pasture: 60 sheep

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwynn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Pasture: 100 sheep
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 10 cattle