Cretingham in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Aelfric; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Free men, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Candos (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £13 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 21 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 8 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 20 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Aethelstan
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric Grim; Free men, three; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 15/- in 1066; £3 4/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 11 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 16 pigs; 7 goats; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Queen Edith; Brictwold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictwold; Free men, eight and four halves
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Amund (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 2/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 24 pigs; 25 goats; 3 cobs; 4 beehives
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 24 pigs; 25 goats; 3 cobs; 4 beehives

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Aethelstan
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Balki of Helmingham; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Savenay (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Anund
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager