Denham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aitard of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 15/12 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 14 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 10 pigs; 20 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Woodland: 3 pigs