Drinkstone in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 10 cattle; 32 pigs; 8 goats; 2 horses at the hall
  • Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 32 pigs; 8 goats; 2 horses at the hall

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 8 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eleven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres