Bruisyard in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable; Edric of Laxfield; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Edric; Starling
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Haimo of Valognes (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 15 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 9 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 17 cattle; 15 pigs; 15 goats; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tourlaville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 4 pigs; 6 goats; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 20 pigs; 12 goats

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer son of Queneva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tourlaville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres