Wissett in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable; Free men, fourteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 8 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £15 in 1070; £20 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 25 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 360 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 20 cattle; 60 pigs; 51 goats; 4 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Rumburgh St Michael
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Church of Rumburgh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 17 villagers; 16 smallholders; 12 monks
  • Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 130 pigs
  • Churches: 1

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Courson
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Courson
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Courson
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Courson
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7¼d in 1086