The Domesday Survey lists three holdings in Little Missenden. Vigot held 1 hide of ploughland with meadow for 1 plough and woodland for 100 pigs, from the Count of Mortain. This land was held by Alwine, a man of Sigeraed, before the Conquest. Next, Hugh de Bolbec held half a hide with meadow for 1 plough and woodland for 30 pigs, and Wulfgeat held it from him. Wulfgeat, a man of Bishop Wulfwig (ofDorchester), also held it before the Conquest. Finally Turstin Mantel held half a hide with meadow for 2 ploughs and woodland for 30 pigs. This land was held by Saeric, a man of Sigeraed, before the Conquest. In no case is a church mentioned. The abbey of (Great) Missenden was founded in 1133, receiving Great Missenden church and lands nearby as part of its original endowment. In 1161 Turstin Mantel, a descendant of the Domesday landowner, gave Missenden Abbey some of his land in Little Missenden. ThechurchofLittle Missendenwas part of the foundation endowment given to a different foundation; the priory of Augustinian canons at Bicester (Oxfordshire) in 1182. The founders of Bicester were Gilbert Basset and his wife Egelina, and the gift was confirmed in 1315.