Lindsey in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 16 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres