Battisford in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Candos (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 11 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 25 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 12 pigs; 4 goats; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Cyneric of Darmsden; Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Iarnagot (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 20 pigs; 12 goats

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer; Boti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/9½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 0.08

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Durand of Offton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Siward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Siward
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ lord's plough

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Bourneville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough