Farnham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 4 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 15 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Meadow: 14 acres
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 150 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 15 cattle; 40 pigs; 4 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 17 pigs; 39 goats; 2 cobs; 3 beehives

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Haimo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Serlo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph the interpreter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph the interpreter
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086