Rushall in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Henry of Rushall
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 50 pigs; 3 beehives
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 17 pigs; 12 goats; 1 beehive; 1 horses

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunfrid (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 6 pigs