Radwinter in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordgar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Algar (subinfeudated); Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £15 in 1086
  • Households: 15 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 30 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 10 cattle; 50 pigs; 25 goats; 1 beehive
  • Animals in 1086: 18 cattle; 37 pigs; 30 goats; 4 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Demiblanc (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Tihel the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Guthroth of Radwinter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 18 pigs; 20 goats
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 18 pigs; 4 beehives

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Kemp
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard of Sackville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 3 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 2 cobs