Babingley in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Skuli; Free men, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 25 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 18 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 1 pig
  • Animals in 1086: 1 pig

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorth son of Ulfkil; Archbishop Stigand
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Parthenay (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 15 smallholders; 7 freemen; 5 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Mills: 2
  • Other resources: 5 salthouses
  • Animals in 1066: 10 cattle; 12 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 13 pigs