Brundall in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 18 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £25 in 1070; £29 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 15 villagers; 81 smallholders; 46 freemen; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 25 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 24 acres
  • Woodland: 320 pigs
  • Mills: 4
  • Animals in 1066: 7 pigs; 7 goats
  • Animals in 1086: 7 pigs; 7 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Free men, 12 and a half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert the bowman
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ³⁄₄ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 25 acres
  • Woodland: 5 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 4¾d in 1070; 2/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres