Brockley in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Theobald the cleric (subinfeudated); Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 24 pigs
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds; King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saegard
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres