Darsham in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Toli; Alward of Felbrigg; Northmann the sheriff; Godwin son of Algar; Edric of Laxfield; Brunmer
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Leofric Cobbe; Thorkil; Alnoth; Brunmann Beard; Wulfric the deacon, Godwin son of Algar's man; Osmund; Aelfeva; Blaecmann of Darsham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil the priest (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 11 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric Grim
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric Grim; Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 18/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcred (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Blaecmann of Darsham
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Blaecmann of Darsham; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter son of Richere (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 14/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin the priest
  • 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: 11 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Churches: 0.5

• 6th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Wulfsi; Healfdene
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086