Holton in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Courson (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 3 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three; Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1086