Dagworth in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 5/- in 1066; £2 5/- in 1070; £2 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 17 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Breme
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Breme; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Gross (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 2/12 in 1086
  • Households: 12 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Churches: 1.5
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 13 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 12 pigs; 40 goats

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 6 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Churches: 0.5

• 4th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Teri; Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, 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: 3 shillings in 1086