Purleigh in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: 7 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 8 smallholders
  • Woodland: 15 pigs
  • Pasture: 100 sheep

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Bacton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the deacon
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Pasture: 100 sheep

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 7 smallholders; 5 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Woodland: 700 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 16 cattle; 30 pigs; 3 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 35 pigs; 3 cobs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Bacton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the deacon
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 62 pigs; 5 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 47 pigs; 23 goats; 4 cobs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs
  • Pasture: 40 sheep

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16/7¼ in 1066; £1 2/12 in 1086
  • Households: 1 priest