Latchingdon in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fin the Dane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Wulfeva wife of Fin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfeva wife of Fin
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 5 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs
  • Animals in 1086: 13 cattle; 31 pigs; 7 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey (subinfeudated); Wulfmer (subinfeudated); Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: 3 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Pasture: 200 sheep

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Canterbury Christ Church
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Canterbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Canterbury
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Pasture: 30 sheep
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 16 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin; Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 9/7¼ in 1086