Horham in the Domesday Book

A village in Bishop's hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Bishop Almer of Elmham; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Algar; Free men, two; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Judicael the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Judicael the priest
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/- in 1066; £1 2/- in 1070; £1 3/9½ in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 24 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 24 pigs; 2 cobs; 1 beehive
  • Animals in 1086: 24 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter son of Grip (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/2½ in 1066; £1 5/2½ in 1070; £1 5/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 28 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Glanville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 9 pigs; 30 goats; 1 cob; 2 beehives

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Woodland: 16 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • 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: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/9½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Candos (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 9th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086