Wetheringsett in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Savenay (subinfeudated); Abbey of Ely
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 9 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 400 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 30 pigs; 18 goats; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two-half; Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, ten
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 3 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086