Halesworth in the Domesday Book

A village in Blything hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; Ulf the priest; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bigot of Les Loges (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 15/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 14 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 106 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 10 pigs; 2 goats; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 60 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 20 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gunnar of Halesworth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough