Little Bealings in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric son of Wulfgeat; Beorn of Bealings
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: W. de More (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 7/12 in 1066; 8 shillings in 1070; 18 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Edric of Laxfield; Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Edric of Laxfield; Leofric; Brictric; Wulfmer; Bondi; Hardekin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey of Bourges
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of Berry (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 4th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric Grim; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086