Sparham in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 100 pigs
  • Mills: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 9 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 25 goats

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 16 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 106 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 0.5
  • Animals in 1066: 7 cattle; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 23 pigs; 3 cobs; 10 beehives

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hagni the reeve
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hagni the reeve
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres