Emstrey in the Domesday Book

A village in Condover hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Shrewsbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Shrewsbury
  • Taxable Value: 9 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £11 in 1086
  • Households: 22 villagers; 5 smallholders; 20 slaves; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Shrewsbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Shrewsbury
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066