Felsted in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Caen Holy Trinity
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Caen Holy Trinity
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £30 in 1070; £32 in 1086
  • Households: 20 villagers; 35 smallholders; 4 freemen; 11 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 19 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 48 acres
  • Woodland: 630 pigs
  • Mills: 2
  • Animals in 1086: 21 cattle; 200 pigs; 30 goats; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger God-save-ladies
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger God-save-ladies
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert son of Solomon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert son of Solomon
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough