Loughton in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Waltham Holy Cross
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Waltham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Waltham
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 5 cattle

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Waltham Holy Cross
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Canons of Waltham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Waltham
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 10 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 80 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofcild
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs
  • Mills: 1

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: W. Corbun (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 20 pigs