Stepney in the Domesday Book

A village in Ossulstone hundred, in the county of Middlesex.

13 manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Taxable Value: 32 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £50 in 1066; £48 in 1070; £48 in 1086
  • Households: 60 villagers; 46 cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 22 men's ploughs (25 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 25 ploughs
  • Woodland: 500 pigs
  • Mills: 4, value £4 15/7¼

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Doding; Canons of London St Paul; Sired the canon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Bernières (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 4 ploughs
  • Woodland: 150 pigs
  • Mills: 1, value £3 6/7¼

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Brian's wife (subinfeudated); Roger the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 15 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Woodland: 60 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sired the canon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton; Roger the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Woodland: 60 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin of Benfield
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf Flambard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 14 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin Stickhare
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Roscelin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Roscelin
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £2 12/12 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 8 smallholders; 4 cottagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 2 ploughs

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William the chamberlain (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Lisieux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 3 cottagers

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Engelbert the canon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Engelbert the canon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders; 1 cottager
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)

• 10th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William de Vere (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1070; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)

• 11th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aelfric Catchpoll (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 13/2½ in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086

• 12th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edmund son of Algot (subinfeudated)
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 12/4¾ in 1070; £1 12/4¾ in 1086
  • Mills: 1, value £1 12/4¾

• 13th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of London St Paul
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin son of Brictmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alwin son of Brictmer (subinfeudated)
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Mills: 1, value £1