Baylham in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Munding; Manstan; Wulfric; Free men, twenty
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Bourneville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 20 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 40 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Wihtric of Carlewuda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wihtric of Carlewuda; Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfmer (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brun the reeve
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warengar of Hedingham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Brun the reeve
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfbald; Leofstan
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warengar of Hedingham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Bourneville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Bourneville
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Churches: 0.5