Shimpling in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorbert; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 1/- in 1086
  • Households: 7 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 7 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 5 pigs; 1 horses
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 23 pigs; 1 horses

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • 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
  • Households: 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/2½ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi nephew of Earl Ralph
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld