Hooe in the Domesday Book

A village in Ninfield hundred, in the county of Sussex.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Eu
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Werelc (subinfeudated); Count of Eu; Robert (subinfeudated); Gerald (subinfeudated); Ingelrann of Eu (subinfeudated); Reinbert the sheriff (subinfeudated); Alfred (subinfeudated); Osbern (subinfeudated); Wihtbert, a man-at-arms (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 12 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £25 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £21 7/- in 1086
  • Households: 56 villagers; 15 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 35 men's ploughs (44 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 71 acres
  • Woodland: 10 swine render
  • Pasture: 7 grazing for pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1, value 7 shillings
  • Other resources: 30 salthouses

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Battle
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Eu (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Other resources: 4 salthouses