Monewden in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 9 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/9½ in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 3 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 3 goats

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wulfmer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fourteen and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 1/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 1