Ingham in the Domesday Book

A village in Happing hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four; Edric the steersman; Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wiuhomarch the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £15 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 14 smallholders; 7 freemen; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 24 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 7 pigs; 44 goats; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric the steersman; Free men, sixteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 3/12 in 1066; £1 3/12 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 8 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 6 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 7 wild mares
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 12 pigs; 60 goats

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre