Thelveton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alsi nephew of Earl Ralph; Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert the bowman
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 9 cattle; 8 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 11 pigs; 1 beehive; 1 horses at the hall

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hubert of Mont-Canisy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres