Sibton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Edric of Laxfield; Aelfric; Free men, three and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 7/12 in 1066; 8 shillings in 1070; £3 17/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 18 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 13 acres
  • Woodland: 72 pigs
  • Churches: 3
  • Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 36 pigs; 50 goats; 4 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 26 pigs; 6 goats; 3 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mainard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 10 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 1 pig
  • Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 30 pigs; 1 cob; 5 beehives

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Blaecmann of Darsham; Blaecmann of Darsham's wife; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 14 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Animals in 1086: 1 cob