Hoddesdon in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gode mother of Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
  • Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders; 5 cottagers; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 ploughs
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Other resources: 1 fishery

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Edeva the fair
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan; 1 Freeman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £22 in 1070; £24 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 ploughs
  • Woodland: 260 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gode mother of Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter the burgess
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter the burgess
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 cottagers; 2 slaves
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs
  • Woodland: 10 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godgyth of Thorley
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of London St Martin-le-Grand (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godgyth of Thorley
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 2 cottagers; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 1 plough
  • Woodland: 50 pigs