Sternfield in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Northmann the sheriff; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric; Free men, sixteen and one-half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 -/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fifteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Goulafre (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 4/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Northmann the sheriff
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofric; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Osbern; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/4¾ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter son of Grip (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Meadow: 1 acre