Blakeney in the Domesday Book

A village in Holt hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Walter Giffard (subinfeudated); Earl Hugh (subinfeudated); King William
  • Taxable Value: 8 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £25 in 1066; £50 in 1086
  • Households: 55 villagers; 46 smallholders; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 24 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Mills: 5
  • Animals in 1066: 7 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 27 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric the steersman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Noyers (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £4 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 25 smallholders; 4 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki of Winterton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough