Sturmer in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free woman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Tihel the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Tihel the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cow; 60 pigs; 2 cobs; 3 beehives
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Tihel the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Tihel the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 12 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 30 pigs; 1 cob; 3 foals