Martham in the Domesday Book

A village in West Flegg hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, thirty-six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £8 13/12 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 16 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 50 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1070; 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 3 freemen
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1066; 7¼d in 1070; 7¼d in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough