Hales in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alstan; Free men, thirteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 9 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 3 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cattle; 14 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 27 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Men, nine; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin (subinfeudated); Jocelyn of Loddon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Toki of Walton
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Toki of Walton; Free men, twelve; Free men, two; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frenchmen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 17 shillings in 1066; 17 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 12 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one-half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1086