Aslacton in the Domesday Book

A village in Depwade hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fourteen; Free men, three; Free men, two; Free man, one; Free men, six; Free men, eight; Freemen, six; Freemen, two; Free man, one and one half; Freemen, seven; Free men, fifteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 5 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 15 smallholders; 15 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 11 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 26 acres
  • Mills: 0.2

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Coleman; Ulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated); Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £11 -/9½ in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 55 smallholders; 28 freemen; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 6 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 50 acres
  • Woodland: 22 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 18 cattle; 1 pig; 4 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 19 pigs; 5 cobs; 4 oxen

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eleven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Free man, one; Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres