Bardwell in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Burcard (subinfeudated); Peter of Valognes (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £3 15/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 20 freemen; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 11 acres
  • Woodland: 8 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 0.66

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free woman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Parthenay
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Parthenay
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Parthenay
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Parthenay
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Parthenay
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Parthenay