Buxhall in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 5.5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 22 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Leofwin Croc; King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin Croc; Free men, seven and one half; Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1066; £3 10/- in 1070; £3 13/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ³⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 18 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cattle; 53 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 16 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Engelric the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 11 goats

• 4th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Munulf
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Munulf the priest, the Abbot of Ely's man; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Rodric (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 5 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 9½d in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 1 freeman