Hillington in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Mills: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfrun
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Berner the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berner the bowman
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 8 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse
  • Animals in 1066: 12 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 7 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Other resources: 0.5 salthouses
  • Animals in 1086: 17 pigs