Stutton in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fridebert of Ockendon
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainalm (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 10 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Churches: 0.33
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse
  • Animals in 1066: 2 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 13 pigs; 2 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Skalpi the Guard
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William de Alno (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 16 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 1
  • Other resources: 2 salthouses
  • Animals in 1066: 16 cattle; 40 pigs; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 14 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ednoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Gernon
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre