Bressingham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 16 smallholders; 12 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 26 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 11 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 6 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 20 pigs; 3 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 8 pigs; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alsi nephew of Earl Ralph
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
  • 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: £3 in 1066; £7 6/7¼ in 1070; £12 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 6 pigs