Stanningfield in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eleven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Warin (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 12 shillings in 1070; £1 12/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds; Alfled
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alfled; Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 15/- in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; £2 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough