Mattishall in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fourteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 4/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 12/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Mills: 0.5

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, ten; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres

• 5th 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: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 13/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 8 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres