Redenhall in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Rada of Redenhall
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Agneli (subinfeudated); King William
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £8 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 12 goats
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 30 pigs; 12 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Rada of Redenhall; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Judicael the falconer (subinfeudated); King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £8 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 8 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 9 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 4 pigs