Ashfield in the Domesday Book

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

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four; Brictmer son of Queneva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwy; Goda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/- in 1066; £1 2/- in 1070; £1 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 10 pigs; 12 goats

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godman; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey of Bourges
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf (subinfeudated); Hervey of Bourges
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Churches: 1

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Snaring the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Savenay (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh son of Norman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs
  • Churches: 1

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorbiorn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • 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: 7¼d in 1086

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: 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: 7¼d in 1086