Helmingham in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Aistan; Burghard of Mendlesham; King Edward; Edric of Laxfield; Saxi
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Balki of Helmingham; Viking of Helmingham; Alric; Blaecmann of Darsham; Godric; Leofstan; Free men, eleven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 7/4¾ in 1066; £2 12/12 in 1070; £3 15/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 4 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 30 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 27 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Queen Edith; Brictwold; Grimulf of Helmingham
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Grimulf of Helmingham; Free men, eleven; Brictwold
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Humphrey the chamberlain
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Amund (subinfeudated); Humphrey the chamberlain
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 8 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 50 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 24 pigs; 2 cobs; 2 beehives

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Durand of Offton
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Anund
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Anund; Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
  • Churches: 1

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofred
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086