Finningham in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Wulfeva of Thorndon; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds; Leofwin; Leofric
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven; Almer; Almer's wife; Leofwin; Brictmer son of Queneva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 16 pigs

• 2nd 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: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 12 shillings in 1070; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 8 pigs
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free man, one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hubert of Mont-Canisy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1086

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aki the Dane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Blunt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Blunt
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld