Tasburgh in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Berard of Cockfield (subinfeudated); Ascelin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 3/12 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorulf; Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Exeter
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Mills: 0.12

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Ecouis
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Evreux (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Mills: 0.33

• 4th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot