Fryerning in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 9 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 400 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 12 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 17 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Sylvi; Topi of Fryerning; Brorda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William de Alno (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 14 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 10 cattle; 30 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 16 pigs; 5 cobs; 2 beehives

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin Groat
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs