Burgate in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adelelm of Burgate (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 6 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £19 3/12 in 1086
  • Households: 22 villagers; 37 smallholders; 9 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 15 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 46 pigs
  • Churches: 2.25
  • Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 23 pigs; 40 goats
  • Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 80 pigs; 199 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, sixteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty and a half; Menleva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adelelm of Burgate (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 6 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre