Middleton in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Free men, five; Priest, one-half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 12/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 slave; 0.5 priests
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cows; 20 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Munulf; Toli the sheriff; Brictmer son of Queneva
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Munulf; Brunwin; Alfheah; Leofric; Asmoth mother of Brictmer; Brictmer son of Asmoth, Brictmer's man; Cyneric of Darmsden; Grim
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 7/12 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert Blunt (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1070; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfeva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough

• 5th 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: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Toli the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric the deacon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086