Occold in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric; Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Candos (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 8 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Churches: 2
  • Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 60 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 13 pigs; 21 goats; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wulfeva of Thorndon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 9 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Animals in 1066: 40 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 31 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 4 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bricthere
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Saxi
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Cyneric of Darmsden
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1086

• 8th 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: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld