Waxham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 2/9½ in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 25.5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 72 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 6 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric the steersman
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 16/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 13 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 18 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric the steersman; Abbey of St Benet of Holme; Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 17 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 12 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 6 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Almer son of Godwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer son of Godwin
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough