Peasenhall in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Northmann the sheriff; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 5/12 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 10 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 208 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Edric of Laxfield; Stanwin of Boyton
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi; Stanwin of Boyton; Free men, two; Aelmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Fulcred (subinfeudated); Gilbert (subinfeudated); Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; £1 13/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 6 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 12 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf son of Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Woodland: 40 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086