Heckingham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Hagni the reeve; Free men, seventeen; Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 4 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • 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: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 1 acre