Belstead in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric of Weinhou
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess of Aumâle
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess of Aumâle
  • Taxable Value: 3 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 27 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin son of Alfhere
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hubert of Mont-Canisy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 26 pigs; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Toki; Thorgisl
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Fermeus (subinfeudated); Aubrey de Vere
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 12/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulf (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 7 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 0.25

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stratford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Stratford
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/12 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 0.25

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders