Gateley in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi of Raynham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 10/- in 1066; £5 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 23 villagers; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 34 acres
  • Woodland: 80 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 23 pigs; 60 goats; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 7 pigs; 17 goats; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bondi of Raynham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086