East Winch in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 11 villagers; 13 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 42 acres
  • Other resources: 1.5 salthouses; 1 fishery
  • Animals in 1066: 9 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 9 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 -/12 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 9 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 14 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 11 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hermer of Ferrers
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bordin of Thorpland (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tosny
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Households: 2 freemen

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Rainer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainer
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld