Flixton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Offa
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Offa; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 7/- in 1066; £3 12/- in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 17.5 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 22 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 6 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 6 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Eskil; Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 18 shillings in 1066; £2 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 0.2

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham; Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictnoth; Free men, three; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Noyers (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 1/2½ in 1066; £2 1/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 12 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs