Paston in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 19 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 6 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 2 oxen

• 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 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric the steersman; Abbey of St Benet of Holme
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Ecouis
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder