Clippesby in the Domesday Book

A village in West Flegg hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham; Alsi nephew of Earl Ralph; Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 10 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Other resources: 0.25 salthouses

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1066; 2/4¾ in 1070; 2/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 7 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld