Stow Maries in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Fridebert of Ockendon; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Pasture: 30 sheep

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fridebert of Ockendon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Verly (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Pasture: 30 sheep
  • Animals in 1066: 5 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 70 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 1 slave