Briningham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Longsword (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £4 -/12 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 17 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 4 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 8 pigs; 2 cobs; 5 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorbiorn of Orwell
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 3 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Longsword (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086
  • Churches: 1