Feltwell in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 6 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £12 in 1086
  • Households: 28 villagers; 10 smallholders; 12 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 30 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Other resources: 2 fisheries
  • Animals in 1066: 11 cattle; 33 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 11 cattle; 22 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Sigmund of Rockland (subinfeudated); William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 5 smallholders; 41 freemen; 4 slaves; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 11 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Aelfeva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Households: 16 villagers; 18 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 200 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 40 pigs; 30 goats; 2 cobs; 17 beehives