Rettendon in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn; Leofson; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely; Eudo the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 20 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £17 in 1066; £20 in 1086
  • Households: 26 villagers; 6 smallholders; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs
  • Woodland: 300 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 41 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofson
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard of Sackville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 10 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 33 pigs; 4 cobs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph son of Brian (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 5/- in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Woodland: 6 pigs