Barham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Auberville (subinfeudated); Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 4 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 10/- in 1066; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 24 villagers; 11 smallholders; 1 freeman; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 15 acres
  • Woodland: 16 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 2
  • Animals in 1086: 9 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Lustwin of Otley; Free men, seven; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gosbert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; £1 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictwold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Goulafre (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1086