Raveningham in the Domesday Book

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

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Free men, ten; Ketil Friday
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 3 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £3 -/12 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 13 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osbern
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger son of Rainard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger son of Rainard
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 5 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 4 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 12 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorn of Hempnall
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Einbold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 15 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 5 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 8 pigs; 1 cob

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 27 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil Friday
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ketil Friday
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketil Friday
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder

• 9th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nicholas the goldsmith (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086