Horseheath in the Domesday Book

A village in Chilford hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman of Nosterfield (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 2.5 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin; King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leodmer of Horseheath; Men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 5 villagers (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 5/- in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Woodland: 24 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin the noble
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfeva wife of Fin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086