Barningham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, nineteen
  • 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: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 8 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alstan; Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ³⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osmund
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres