Sedlescombe in the Domesday Book

A village in Staple hundred, in the county of Sussex.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Countess Goda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 6 swine render
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Countess Goda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey the canon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 3 swine render

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Countess Goda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 1 swine render

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Countess Goda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager