Wortham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds; Alfheah; Wulfric; Free men, twenty-five
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 12/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 18.5 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 10 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 14 pigs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Modeva; Godiva; Free men, fourteen
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard of St Clair (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 12/12 in 1066; 13 shillings in 1070; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 24 smallholders; 2 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 10 pigs
  • Churches: 2
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 20 pigs; 20 goats; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 2 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
  • 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: 7¼d in 1086