Shalford in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert (subinfeudated); Walter the cook (subinfeudated); King William
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £22 in 1070; £22 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 6 smallholders; 8 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 65 cattle; 118 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 56 cattle; 80 pigs; 40 goats; 4 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godhere
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William the deacon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William the deacon
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the cook
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the cook
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 11 acres
  • Woodland: 8 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 12 cattle; 60 pigs; 3 goats; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 8 pigs; 20 goats; 5 beehives