Thorington in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene; Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Bouville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 13/2½ in 1066; £3 7/12 in 1086
  • Households: 15 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 11 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 14 pigs; 15 goats; 2 cobs; 4 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 3 villagers; 16 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 16 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey of Pierrepont (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 11 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 6 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 40 pigs; 4 beehives; 6 idle cattle

• 4th Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Northmann the sheriff; Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfeva
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Northmann the sheriff (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough