Coddenham in the Domesday Book

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

18 manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Saxi
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Almer; Aelfric; Wulfric; Wihtric of Carlewuda; Harold of Coddenham; Free men, three; Leofeva; Free men, fifteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £3 in 1070; £5 8/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 8 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 33 pigs
  • Churches: 3
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Toli the sheriff; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Wigulf of Coddenham
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wigulf of Coddenham; Wailolf; Free men, twenty-seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warengar of Hedingham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 7/- in 1066; £2 10/12 in 1070; £3 14/9½ in 1086
  • Households: 1.5 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Churches: 2.5

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eleven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey son of Aubrey
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Aubrey
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Aubrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Churches: 2
  • Animals in 1066: 8 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 14 pigs; 1 cob

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 0.25

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 11/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 7th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Wihtgar son of Aelfric
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofric; Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086

• 9th 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

• 10th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1086

• 11th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Boti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Miles de Belefol (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ lord's plough

• 12th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086

• 13th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey son of Aubrey
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Aubrey
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld

• 14th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2d in 1086

• 15th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 9½d in 1086

• 16th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

• 17th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Frideb... the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Frideb... the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frideb... the priest
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1d in 1086
  • Households: 1 priest

• 18th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot