Lawford in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Rames (subinfeudated); Richard son of Count Gilbert (subinfeudated); Hagebert (subinfeudated); Ralph son of Turold (subinfeudated); Hugh de Montfort (subinfeudated); Eudo the steward (subinfeudated); Roger (subinfeudated); Walter the deacon (subinfeudated); King William; Count Eustace (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 17 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £25 8/2½ in 1066; £19 8/2½ in 1070; £14 5/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 15 villagers; 24 smallholders; 22 freemen; 6 slaves; 13 men
  • Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 14 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs
  • Pasture: 300 sheep
  • Mills: 2
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse
  • Animals in 1086: 21 cattle; 45 pigs; 4 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alric; Aelfric Kemp
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Bernard (subinfeudated); Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 18/- in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 27 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 25 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adelulf of Marck (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £11 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 10 smallholders; 3 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Pasture: 200 sheep
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 8 pigs; 1 cob