Ketteringham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf son of Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 12 smallholders; 8 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cattle; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ketil Alder; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf Peverel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 7 pigs; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf son of Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres