Weybread in the Domesday Book

A village in Bishop's hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £4 11/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 27 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 60 pigs
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 2.75
  • Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 30 pigs; 1 cob; 4 beehives

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Robert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; £1 5/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Mills: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Robert (subinfeudated); Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 7/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 14 pigs
  • Mills: 1

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 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: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Rada of Redenhall
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Households: 1.5 smallholders
  • Woodland: 6 pigs

• 7th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 9½d in 1086
  • Households: 1 freeman