Brome in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Goda; Earl Gyrth; Aelfric
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Goda; Free men, twenty-five; Free men, three-half; Aelfric; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: William Shield (subinfeudated); Hugh of Corbon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £4 14/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 10 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 13 acres
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Animals in 1086: 10 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Anund
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Anund; Free men, three and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer; Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 7 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three-half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Shield (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Modeva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Someone
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

• 7th 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: Walter the bowman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1086