Somerleyton in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Ulf
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 2/12 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 19 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 6 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtred the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 5 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 5 pigs; 1 cob

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph the bowman
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Woodland: 5 pigs