Mundham in the Domesday Book

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

13 manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edwin
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ketil; King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 9.5 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 4 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Algar
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Algar; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4.5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 8 pigs; 1 horses at the hall
  • Animals in 1086: 4 pigs; 1 horses at the hall

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Edwin; Algar; Toli the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulfkil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edwin; Edgar of Houghton
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Free men, eleven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 2 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alwy of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Blaec
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulfkil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 0.5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Woodland: 4 pigs

• 9th 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: Jocelyn the lorimer (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 10th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger son of Rainard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders

• 11th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph son of Hagni
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph son of Hagni
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders

• 12th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 13th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Godwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Isaac
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isaac
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder