Gissing in the Domesday Book

A village in Diss hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Fulcher de Mayneris (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 6 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £10 12/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 21.5 villagers; 25 smallholders; 29 freemen; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 24 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 114 pigs
  • Churches: 2
  • Animals in 1066: 24 cattle; 5 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 24 cattle; 35 pigs; 24 goats; 5 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Free man, one; Free man, one-half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated); William Goulafre (subinfeudated); Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 11/7¼ in 1066; 11/7¼ in 1070; 11/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₈ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 4 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 1 oxen

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alstan
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Goulafre (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 8 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1086