Tuddenham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Cnut of Tuddenham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 11 cattle; 40 pigs; 10 horses at the hall

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 6 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers
  • Meadow: 2 acres