Congham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, five; Free men, two; Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 25 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 21 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Other resources: 0.5 salthouses

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, twelve
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 14 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Other resources: 0.5 salthouses; 0.5 fisheries

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Berner the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berner the bowman
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 3 acres