Fyfield in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: John son of Waleran
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 10 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 400 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 11 cows; 11 pigs; 1 beehive

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Iwain (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer son of Queneva; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 24 acres
  • Woodland: 48 pigs