Falkenham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Northmann the sheriff; Free men, fifteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 9 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 26 pigs; 7 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric; Free men, seven and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tourlaville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 10 pigs; 3 cobs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer son of Queneva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf brother of Ilger
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf brother of Ilger
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 1 cob