Shadingfield in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Archbishop Stigand; Healfdene
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene; Free man, one; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 5/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 14 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 11 pigs; 1 cob; 2 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin son of Toki
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin son of Toki (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 12 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cob

• 3rd 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: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Thorth son of Ulfkil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Wulfsi
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld