Hethersett in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ribald brother of Count Alan (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 8 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £10 5/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 12 smallholders; 77 freemen; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 27 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Churches: 2
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 7 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 5 pigs; 1 cob; 7 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four; Free men, sixteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 13/2½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, nine
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres