Pettaugh in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictwold; Free men, five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey of Bourges
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of Bourges
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 14 pigs; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 8 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey of Bourges (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warengar of Hedingham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086