Bedingfield in the Domesday Book

A village in Bishop's hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

13 manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Aelfric; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Churches: 0.25
  • Animals in 1066: 12 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 12 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 8 smallholders; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 10 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Churches: 0.25

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Woodland: 8 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Candos (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Candos (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 7 villagers
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 7th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Saxi; Bricthere
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Bricthere; Cyneric of Darmsden; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 11 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet's mother
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 9th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Saxi; Archbishop Stigand; Leofric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 10th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 11th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet's mother
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 12th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 10 pigs

• 13th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfeva of Thorndon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2d in 1086