Dunston in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £11 1/- in 1086
  • Households: 11 villagers; 7 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 2.5
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 13 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, two and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1066; 17 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 9 smallholders; 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 11 acres
  • Mills: 1.33

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: 1 free man
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 free man
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086