Wyverstone in the Domesday Book

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

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Leofwin the bald
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the bald; Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hubert of Mont-Canisy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1066: 3 cattle; 10 pigs; 12 goats; 1 cob
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 10 pigs; 12 goats; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlords in 1066: Edric of Laxfield; Abbey of Bury St Edmunds; Aki the Dane
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwin; Alwin's wife; Brothers, three and their mother; Aelfric; Free man, one; Alfled
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hubert of Mont-Canisy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 9/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 20 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle; 15 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 3 cattle; 10 pigs; 24 goats; 1 cob

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, six
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 13 shillings in 1066; 13 shillings in 1070; 13 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 1 acre
  • Woodland: 4 pigs

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet's mother (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1066; 6/7¼ in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Woodland: 4 pigs

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Aki the Dane
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Blunt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: R. Oudkell (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Woodland: 2 pigs

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grim
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Blunt (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1086
  • Woodland: 2 pigs

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, two
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Woodland: 2 pigs

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard Houerel (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086

• 9th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Burghard of Mendlesham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086