Sapiston in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eleven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Peter of Valognes (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 5/- in 1070; £1 18/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Churches: 0.66
  • Mills: 2

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godman; Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Sasselin of Layer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Sasselin of Layer
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; 18 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 3 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 5 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Blunt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Blunt
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter of Valognes
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre