Saxlingham in the Domesday Book

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

13 manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £13 in 1066; £30 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 40 smallholders; 16 freemen; 8 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 8 lord's ploughs; 14 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 50 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 3
  • Animals in 1086: 12 pigs; 4 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alward; Wulfnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 14 smallholders; 10 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric the steersman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: John nephew of Waleran (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 9.5 smallholders; 5 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cob

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 17/- in 1086
  • Households: 8 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Mills: 0.5

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: William of Noyers (subinfeudated); Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 13 smallholders; 3.5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Mills: 0.12

• 7th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Theodric (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Stergar, a royal Guard
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: John nephew of Waleran
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: John nephew of Waleran
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 14/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 0.5 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 0.5

• 10th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwold; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunfrid (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; £1 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 11th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 12th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • 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
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough

• 13th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Ulf
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf son of Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre