Culpho in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 10 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 36 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 15 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7 shillings in 1066; 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Churches: 1

• 4th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Healfdene; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Saswalo of Bouville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 2 acres