Mendham in the Domesday Book

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

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £12 4/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 26 smallholders; 6 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 303 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 41 pigs; 36 goats; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 12 smallholders; 3 men
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 13 acres
  • Woodland: 106 pigs
  • Churches: 0.25
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 10 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Churches: 0.12
  • Mills: 1

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 9 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 52 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Churches: 1.12

• 6th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham; Edric of Laxfield; Ulf
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 15/12 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 9 smallholders; 2 men
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Noyers (subinfeudated)
  • 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; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 15 pigs

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Thetford
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 freeman

• 9th Manor

  • 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: 1 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder