Fring in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Free man, one; Free men, two; Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Peter of Valognes (subinfeudated); Ingulf (subinfeudated); Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £18 in 1066; £24 in 1070; £28 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 17 villagers; 65 smallholders; 2 freemen; 11 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 9 lord's ploughs; 9 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 14 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Mills: 5
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 45 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ordgar; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 13 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Animals in 1086: 16 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086