Offton in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofcild; Free men, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Houdain (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 7 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 12 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Isaac
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isaac
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
  • 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: £1 in 1066; 11/2½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Churches: 1

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Leofric Hobbeson
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Waldwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Auberville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough