Hawkwell in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer of Eaton Socon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Pirot of Wyboston (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer of Eaton Socon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 20 pigs; 6 cobs; 2 beehives