Takeley in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Peter (subinfeudated); Robert Gernon
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 -/12 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 9 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 200 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 12 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 38 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer of Eaton Socon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 10 smallholders; 2 slaves; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 600 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 14 cattle; 30 pigs; 30 goats; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 43 pigs; 40 goats; 2 cobs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 24 acres
  • Woodland: 600 pigs
  • Mills: 0.5
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 30 pigs; 50 goats; 3 cobs; 5 beehives