Letheringham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Healfdene; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene; Free men, thirteen and two halves; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Saswalo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 12/12 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £3 -/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 12 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 4 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 30 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 30 pigs; 80 goats; 2 cobs; 5 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wulfmer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2½d in 1086