Quidenham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Goding
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob; 2 oxen
  • Animals in 1086: 6 pigs; 1 cob; 2 oxen

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn the lorimer (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 2 acres