Rattlesden in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Rodric (subinfeudated); Jocelyn the lorimer (subinfeudated); Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £10 -/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 18 villagers; 27 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 24 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 12 cattle; 5 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 40 pigs; 11 goats; 5 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Rodric (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aldred (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 4 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Falc of Bradfield (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 freemen