Swardeston in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, eight
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven; Free men, two and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one-half; Man, one-half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Noron (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 13 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 0.5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld