Goldhanger in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin; Wulfward the priest; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 1/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 14 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 80 pigs
  • Pasture: 50 sheep
  • Animals in 1066: 8 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cow; 3 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin; Free men, nine; Thane, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Mauger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 16/7¼ in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 7/12 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 6 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Pasture: 60 sheep
  • Other resources: 1.5 salthouses

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adelulf of Marck (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Pasture: 50 sheep