Uggeshall in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil the priest
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Courson (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse
  • Animals in 1086: 24 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Courson (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Godwin; Free man, one and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 4/7¼ in 1066; £3 4/7¼ in 1070; £3 4/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 13 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 3 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 1 pig

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Northmann; Ketil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Berengar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Berengar of Topcroft, a man of St Edmund's
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough