Knodishall in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Algar; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Algar; Free men, seven; Wulfnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf son of Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 10/2½ in 1066; £9 10/- in 1070; £7 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 10 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Churches: 2
  • Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 16 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 30 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf son of Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Boti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough