Hemingstone in the Domesday Book

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

18 manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 12/12 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 1.5

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofric; Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Isaac
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isaac
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 9/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 2 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 13 pigs; 7 goats; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 20 pigs; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey of Bourges
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reginald (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • 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

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • 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: 10 shillings in 1086

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: 1 free man
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 free man
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Iric of Winston
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Saxi
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Brunwin; Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Savenay (subinfeudated); Roger Bigot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/9½ in 1086

• 10th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Ecouis (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 freeman

• 11th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey son of Aubrey
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Aubrey
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086

• 12th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wigulf of Coddenham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Farman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warengar of Hedingham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 9½d in 1086

• 13th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Leofric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

• 14th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Isaac
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isaac
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

• 15th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aethelwin; Brictmer son of Queneva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086

• 16th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictwold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Brictwold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Brictwold
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

• 17th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isaac (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1066; 2½d in 1086

• 18th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2d in 1086