Thrandeston in the Domesday Book

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

Ten manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twelve and one half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Anselm (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 1/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 6 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 4 pigs
  • Churches: 1
  • Animals in 1086: 2 cattle; 12 pigs; 2 cobs

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, fourty
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Otheri (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
  • Households: 5 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alward; Godric; Leofstan
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Walter the bowman (subinfeudated); Alward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 7 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the bowman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Goulafre (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1086
  • Churches: 1

• 7th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three-half
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1086

• 8th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Edric of Laxfield
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: William of Caen (subinfeudated); Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1086

• 9th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Fougères
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Fougères
  • Taxable Value: 0 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1086

• 10th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • 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
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1086