Claxton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Swetmann
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Swetmann; Free men, fifteen; Thirteen halves of free man
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Aslak of Rodenhala; Leofric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Two and six halves of free men
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £4 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 5 pigs; 1 horses
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 40 pigs; 2 horses

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough