Dersingham in the Domesday Book

A village in Freebridge hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, twenty-one; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 5/12 in 1086
  • Households: 14 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 18 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Anund
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Households: 37 villagers; 10 smallholders; 9 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 26 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Other resources: 2 salthouses; 1 fishery
  • Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 58 pigs; 11 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 21 pigs; 6 cobs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Skeet; Free men, four; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ricwold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres