Thorndon in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Wulfeva of Thorndon
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfeva of Thorndon; Thorkil; Free men, seven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £9 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 18 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 120 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 15 cattle; 2 cobs
  • Animals in 1086: 15 cattle; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofric (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 8 pigs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086