Clopton in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Burgric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess of Aumâle
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Wulfwin the priest (subinfeudated); Countess of Aumâle
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 -/12 in 1086
  • Households: 11 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 10 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric Grim
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 12/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 13 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 8 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 30 pigs; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Wulfric
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roger son of Arnold (subinfeudated); Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmund the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Arques
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard of St Ouen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 40 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cob

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burgric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twelve and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess of Aumâle
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess of Aumâle
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Tigier (subinfeudated); Gilbert of Coleville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7/2½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 7th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Amund (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 8th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Edric Grim
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1086