Upminster in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein Swart
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Douai
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Douai
  • Taxable Value: 6 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £8 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 7 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 200 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 1 foal

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Waltham Holy Cross
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Waltham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Waltham
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 freeman; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 300 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 11 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 30 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mauger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders