Brampton in the Domesday Book

A village in Blything hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eleven; Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Taxable Value: 4 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £3 11/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 25 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 10 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 23 pigs
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Padda; Free men, nine and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Courson (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 12/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 6 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 14 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Thorsten
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorsten; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1070; 4/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Woodland: 3 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 pigs; 1 cob