Billockby in the Domesday Book

A village in West Flegg hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six; 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: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1066; £1 2/12 in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs
  • Meadow: 15 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil Alder
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 -/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 17 acres
  • Churches: 0.66

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1066; 1/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alwy of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Stanhard son of Alwy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1066; 1/7¼ in 1070; 1/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres