Ringsfield in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Wulfsi
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, eleven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 18/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 5 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 5 pigs; 16 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Leofstan; Ulfkil; Ulf of Mutford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 17 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Churches: 0.5

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warin son of Burnin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 2 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eighty-three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1086