Runham in the Domesday Book

A village in East Flegg hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Earl Ralph the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 11.5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 21 acres
  • Other resources: 14.5 salthouses
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cattle; 9 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four; Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Almer son of Godwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer son of Godwin
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/2½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Other resources: 1.5 salthouses

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alwy of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Halves of three free men
  • 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: 1/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Other resources: 2.5 salthouses