Depden in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictric Blaec; Blaecwin; Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin (subinfeudated); Osbern (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £3 in 1070; £5 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 10 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 13 cattle; 31 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 56 pigs; 10 goats; 1 cob; 3 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki of Walton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Wanchy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 16 villagers; 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 22 cattle; 40 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 17 cattle; 72 pigs; 2 cobs; 13 beehives