Hawkedon in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 4 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 16 pigs; 12 goats; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 16 pigs; 12 goats; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 freeman; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcred (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcred (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 13/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough