Seething in the Domesday Book

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

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 7 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 12 pigs
  • Mills: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 12 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 1 horses at the hall
  • Animals in 1086: 3 pigs; 1 horses at the hall

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Algar
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, nine and four halves; Free men, two and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Godwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Isaac
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isaac
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulfkil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₈ men's plough
  • Churches: 2

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alwy of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/7¼ in 1066; 2/7¼ in 1070; 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulfkil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086

• 9th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Isaac
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Isaac
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld