Debenham in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Brictmer son of Queneva; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric Grim; Free men, six; Brictmer son of Queneva; Free men, eleven and one half; Saxi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: William Goulafre (subinfeudated); Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 17/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 25 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 11 acres
  • Woodland: 80 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 40 pigs; 40 goats; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 20 pigs; 28 goats; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Saxi; Edric of Laxfield
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Savenay (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 19 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Churches: 0.33
  • Animals in 1066: 40 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 28 pigs; 27 goats

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Saxi
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwy
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Churches: 1.25

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Churches: 0.91

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Goulafre (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Someone
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1086

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Saxi
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1086