Hitcham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 11 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £40 in 1086
  • Households: 36 villagers; 26 smallholders; 8 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 16 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 30 cattle; 60 pigs; 42 goats; 11 cobs; 2 beehives
  • Animals in 1086: 30 cattle; 60 pigs; 42 goats; 11 cobs; 2 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot (subinfeudated); Richard son of Count Gilbert (subinfeudated); Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 6 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alward son of Bell (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fourteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres