Higham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leodmer the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Marcy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Churches: 0.2

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Fin the Dane
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Robert son of Wiuhomarch
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aescman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gundwin the chamberlain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gundwin the chamberlain
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 8 pigs; 8 goats

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Rames
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warengar of Hedingham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough