Matching in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer Holdfast
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edmund son of Algot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edmund son of Algot
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 50 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 7 cows; 1 pig; 40 goats; 1 cob; 6 beehives
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 9 pigs; 2 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Kemp
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 8 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 16 pigs; 8 goats

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/7¼ in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs