Surlingham in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Godwin; Ulfkil; Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Esger of Surlingham; Free men, thirty; Free men, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aitard of Vaux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 11/- in 1070; £1 11/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 34 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Alnoth Grutt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 5 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edwin
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two and four-half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Ulfkil
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ulfkil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1066; 1/2½ in 1070; 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres