Rede in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Rushall (subinfeudated); Berard of Cockfield (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 9 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 3 pigs
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd 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: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein of Essex
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Swein of Essex
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre