Caston in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfhere
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 3 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £12 13/2½ in 1070; £14 in 1086
  • Households: 16 villagers; 2 smallholders; 30 freemen; 7 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 30 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 28 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 19 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 6 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 17/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 10 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres

• 4th 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: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough