Stambourne in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Goti of Stambourne
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Haimo the steward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: 5 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); Haimo the steward
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £14 in 1070; £14 in 1086
  • Households: 14 villagers; 15 smallholders; 15 freemen; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 27 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 24 cattle; 40 pigs; 3 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 13 cattle; 20 pigs; 3 cobs; 4 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 12 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alstan; Free men, twelve
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Haimo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Haimo the steward
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs