Belaugh in the Domesday Book

A village in South Erpingham hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 15 smallholders; 9 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 34 pigs
  • Mills: 2
  • Animals in 1066: 40 goats
  • Animals in 1086: 14 pigs; 40 goats; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme; Free man, one; Earl Ralph the constable
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 19/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 4 smallholders; 11 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 8 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable; Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder; 12.5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 0.5