Kerdiston in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf of Quesnay (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 16 villagers; 26 smallholders; 1 freeman; 0.5 priests
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 50 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 0.25
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 40 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 7 pigs; 24 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorth son of Ulfkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey Baynard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 5/- in 1066; £4 5/- in 1070; £4 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 16 villagers; 14 smallholders; 3.5 freemen; 1 slave; 2 men
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 40 pigs; 60 goats; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 40 pigs; 28 goats; 4 cobs; 2 beehives