Helhoughton in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Manna
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 26 smallholders; 7 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 14 wild mares
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 60 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 8 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 8 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi of Raynham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £8 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 12 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne