Rendham

Other current and historical names

Rimdham
Rindram

Parish/Community: Rendham
District/Borough: Suffolk Coastal
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°13'46"N 1°26'12"E
Eastings/Northings: 634800, 264594
OS Grid: TM348645
Mapcode Local: GBR WNS.B26
Mapcode Global: VHM7M.V7F6

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Rendham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Rendham in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, thirteen; Edric of Laxfield
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Woodland: 30 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 24 pigs; 30 goats; 1 cob
2nd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Earl Ralph the constable
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ostula; Huna; Free men, nine
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Haimo of Valognes (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 19/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 5 acres
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Blaecsunu of Rendham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tourlaville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 4 pigs
4th Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Edric of Laxfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four and one half
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Tourlaville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/9½ in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 1 acre
6th Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Rendham, Suffolk

Rendham is a village in Suffolk

Rendham in historic gazetteers

Rendham in the Domesday Book