Akenham in the Domesday Book

A village in Claydon hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Saxi
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin the priest; Godwin; Aelfric; Sunwin; Thorbiorn the priest; Free men, thirty-five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Rames' daughter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 11/7¼ in 1066; £8 18/12 in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 11 acres
  • Churches: 0.75
  • Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 6 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Swein; Leofwin the noble of Bacton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Turstin (subinfeudated); Bernard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 5th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwold; Alwold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Churches: 0.5