Raydon in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Aelfric Kemp
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edwy; Alwin; Smeri; Wulfwin; Aelfric Kemp
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 15/- in 1066; £4 15/- in 1070; £3 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 15 acres
  • Churches: 0.4
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 13 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Alfred (subinfeudated); Gilbert the priest (subinfeudated); Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £8 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 16 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 12 pigs; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ednoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Churches: 0.2

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Erngeat of Raydon; Alward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Pinel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Pinel
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 11/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swarting
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edwin; Brictmer son of Queneva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwaru
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld