Lavenham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Taxable Value: 7 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £15 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 43 smallholders; 1 freeman; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 13 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 24 cattle; 160 pigs; 60 goats; 5 beehives; 5 horses at the hall
  • Animals in 1086: 25 cattle; 65 pigs; 80 goats; 6 beehives; 1 horses at the hall

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwy
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 12 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 4 pigs; 2 horses at the hall

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wulfwin son of Alfwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aubrey de Vere
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; 6 shillings in 1070; 6 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough