Tendring in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward the noble
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Pasture: 50 sheep
  • Animals in 1066: 6 pigs; 3 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 16 pigs; 4 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ednoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 200 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 20 pigs; 24 goats; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 27 pigs; 37 goats; 4 cobs; 3 beehives

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwy
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Frewin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 20 pigs; 14 goats; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 20 pigs; 20 goats; 4 cobs

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Modwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Modwin
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 4 pigs; 4 goats; 1 cob