Ludham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four and one half; Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Taxable Value: 9 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 15 villagers; 16 smallholders; 115.5 freemen; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 14 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 120 acres
  • Woodland: 16 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 16 pigs; 3 cobs; 3 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Holme
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Almer son of Godwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer son of Godwin
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough