Ashbocking in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric; Iric of Winston; Edric; Free men, eight; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern of Wanchy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 15/- in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 4 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 1/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Pasture: 113 acres
  • Churches: 1.5

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1066; 7¼d in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leohteva; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1086