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Bessingham
Hundred
:
North Erpingham
County
:
Norfolk
Total population
: 16 households (
medium
).
Total tax assessed
: 1 geld units (
very small
).
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Taxable units
: Taxable value 1 geld units.
Value
: Value to lord in 1066 £1. Value to lord in 1086 £3.
Households
: 8 villagers. 7 smallholders. 1 free men.
Ploughland
: 1 lord's plough teams. 2 men's plough teams.
Other resources
: Meadow 1 acres.
Livestock in 1086
: 2 pigs.
Lord in 1066
:
free man, one
.
Overlord in 1066
:
Edric (of Laxfield)
.
Lord in 1086
:
Drogo of la BeuvriËre
.
Tenant-in-chief in 1086
:
Drogo of la BeuvriËre
.
Phillimore reference
: 30,2
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. Domesday data created by
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