Ringshall in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Leofwin
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin; Grim; Frodo of Ringshall; Leofric; Lustwin of Otley; Edric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Bourneville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £4 11/12 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 20 pigs; 4 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 21 cattle; 40 pigs; 30 goats; 5 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds; King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwy; Hugh; Wulfric; Trumwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William brother of Roger of Auberville
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Fulco (subinfeudated); Hugh (subinfeudated); William brother of Roger of Auberville
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 18/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 8 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 13 pigs; 32 goats; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William brother of Roger of Auberville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William brother of Roger of Auberville
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086