Ringstead in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Tovi; Alstan; Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph son of Herlewin (subinfeudated); Ralph of Tourlaville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 11/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 8 freemen; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₄ lord's ploughs; ⁵⁄₈ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Mills: 0.12
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ramsey
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Radfrid (subinfeudated); William of Ecouis (subinfeudated); William of Warenne (subinfeudated); William of Noyers (subinfeudated); Roger Bigot (subinfeudated); Abbey of Ramsey
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 21 villagers; 5 smallholders; 22 freemen; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 24 pigs; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bovi of Ringstead
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: John nephew of Waleran
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: John nephew of Waleran
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £6 in 1086
  • Households: 16 smallholders; 5 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 1 pig; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 20 pigs; 1 cob