Haddiscoe in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £24 in 1086
  • Households: 21 villagers; 22 smallholders; 9 freemen; 8 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 15 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 36 acres
  • Woodland: 80 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 20 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, nine
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Pasture: 80 sheep

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • 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: 10 shillings in 1066; 13/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Pasture: 50 sheep

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Pasture: 40 sheep

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Corbucion
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gifard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 11 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • 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: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Animals in 1066: 15 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 30 pigs

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder