Tunstall in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godric; Ulfkil; Withri of Hanworth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated); Ralph of Beaufour
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 11 smallholders; 8.5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 13 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Skuli
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 -/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Skalpi the Guard
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Verly
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Verly
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse
  • Animals in 1066: 60 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 50 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Rathi of Gimingham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert the bowman
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 2/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 3 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle