Grimston in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 13 smallholders; 14 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 28 acres
  • Mills: 3
  • Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Countess Aelfeva; Free men, seven; Free men, two; Free men, twelve; Free man, one; Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 38 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 32 acres
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfrun
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Berner the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berner the bowman
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders; 2 freemen; 1 slave
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Mills: 1

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 10 acres