Rendlesham in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Ulfkil
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil; Free men, nine
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Coleville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 26 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 8 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric Grim; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five and seven-half; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godiva; Free man, one and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey of Bourges
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard of Alençon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th 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: Gilbert of Wissant (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Churches: 1

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four-half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 7th Manor

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