Breckles in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eight; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 12/12 in 1066
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 20 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, nine
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld