Cotton in the Domesday Book

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

Ten manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eighteen; Alwin of Mendlesham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Bacton; Edric of Laxfield; Edric the reeve
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Esger of Cotton; Free men, three; Teit
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 14 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Free man, one
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free man, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1066; £1 2/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saxwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 2 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • 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: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 2 pigs
  • Churches: 1

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one half
  • 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: 1/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 2 pigs

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free women, two
  • 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
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 9th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fathir of Banham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the deacon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

• 10th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld