Kenton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Brictwold; Brictmer son of Queneva
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer son of Queneva; Free men, two; Free men, three; Huna; Woodbrown
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated); Tigier (subinfeudated); William Goulafre (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £2 9/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 16 cattle; 40 pigs; 1 cob; 3 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Durand the cleric (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 16 pigs; 25 goats; 1 cob; 3 beehives

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Saxi
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Savenay (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 6 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough