Hemley in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Brict; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Godric; Northmann the sheriff; Edric of Laxfield; Brictmer son of Queneva; Stanmer
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer son of Queneva; Wulfward; Hardwin; Brictric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf brother of Ilger
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Bosc (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 14 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Burgric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess of Aumâle
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess of Aumâle
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edmund the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Arques
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Arques
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder