Stanton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 10/- in 1066; £6 13/- in 1086
  • Households: 60 freemen; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 14 acres
  • Woodland: 18 pigs
  • Churches: 1.25
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 28 pigs; 30 goats; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free woman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Parthenay
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Parthenay
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086