Bodney in the Domesday Book

A village in [South] Greenhoe hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs
  • Mills: 0.25

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £60 in 1066; £60 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 7¼d

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi of Raynham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Mills: 1.25
  • Animals in 1066: 13 cattle; 41 pigs; 16 goats; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 9 pigs; 5 goats; 2 cobs