Letheringsett in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf brother of Ilger
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey nephew of Ranulf brother of Ilger (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 7 smallholders; 4 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 40 pigs
  • Mills: 3
  • Animals in 1066: 5 pigs; 60 goats; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 12 pigs; 25 goats; 1 cob; 3 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oslac of Letheringsett
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Giffard
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 20 pigs; 2 beehives