Herringswell in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 2
  • Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 12 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Toki of Walton; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Reeve, one; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated); Nicholas of Kennett (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 19/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough