Fritton in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £4 3/- in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 9 smallholders; 3 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 4 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 13 smallholders; 1.5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Ulf; Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, three; Two halves of free men
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf son of Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil; Free men, seven; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gifard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 5/- in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 16 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 8 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warin the cook (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • 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: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • 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: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1086