Worlingham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Wulfsi
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Aethelstan; Aethelsi; Godric; Free men, sixty-four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 10 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10/4¾ in 1066; 10/4¾ in 1070; 10/4¾ in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vaux (subinfeudated); King William
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Churches: 2

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Gyrth
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086