Roydon in the Domesday Book

A village in Diss hundred, in the county of Norfolk.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st 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: Fulcher de Mayneris (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 7 smallholders; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 23 acres
  • Animals in 1066: 2 cattle
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 5 pigs; 1 cob

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric son of Bosi, a royal thane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Beaufour
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 11 smallholders; 6 freemen; 1 slave
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 30 pigs
  • Animals in 1066: 6 cattle; 40 pigs
  • Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 30 pigs; 22 goats

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Caen (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2/4¾ in 1066; 2/4¾ in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 4th 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: 0 geld
  • Households: 4 freemen