Aldborough in the Domesday Book

A village in North Erpingham hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Withri of Hanworth; Toki of Winterton; Wulfstan; Godwin of Scottow
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 19 villagers; 42 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 6 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Mills: 2
  • Animals in 1066: 14 cattle; 7 pigs; 30 goats; 1 cob; 7 beehives
  • Animals in 1086: 24 cattle; 40 pigs; 26 goats; 5 cobs; 8 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two; Alward of Felbrigg; Free man, one; Ketil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 15 smallholders; 15 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 66 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfstan
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 11 smallholders; 14 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 40 goats

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Mills: 1.5