Fordham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esbiorn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Gournay
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 11 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 3 cows; 8 pigs; 12 goats; 2 cobs; 10 beehives; 3 calves
  • Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 10 pigs; 25 goats; 2 cobs; 6 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfmer (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tovild
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086