Flordon in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Mills: 1

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Animals in 1086: 2 oxen