Plumstead in the Domesday Book

A village in North Erpingham hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Ten manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 18 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Godwin
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Free men, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 8 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Tovi; Free men, six and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph the bowman
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Archbishop Stigand
  • 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: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • 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: 2 shillings in 1066; 1/2½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 10 pigs

• 8th 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: ¹⁄₈ geld

• 9th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough

• 10th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough