Bredfield in the Domesday Book

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

16 manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Swarting
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Swarting; Free men, twenty-one; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey of Bourges
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of Bourges
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £3 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aethelwold the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of Bourges (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Churches: 1

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three and three halves and one-fourth part; Farman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of Berry (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1086

• 9th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric Grim; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 10th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Godwin of Sutton
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three; Free men, three-half; Free man, one-fourth part
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 11th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Durand of Offton; Alric of Burgh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey of Bourges
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Peter (subinfeudated); Hervey of Bourges
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₈ men's plough

• 12th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager

• 13th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

• 14th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

• 15th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of Bourges (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

• 16th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric of Burgh
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Glanville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086