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Hundred:
Shropham
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County:
Norfolk
- Total population:
40.7 households
(very large).
- Total tax assessed:
8.6
geld units
(very large).
Brettenham appears in 4
entries in Domesday Book (show all).
❧ ENTRY 1 ❧
- Head of manor: Buckenham.
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 1 geld units.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1086 £1.2.
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Households:
3 smallholders.
3 free men.
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Ploughland:
1 men's plough teams.
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Other resources:
Meadow 4 acres.
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Lord in 1066:
free men, three.
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Lord in 1086:
William of Bourneville.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Roger Bigot.
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Phillimore reference:
9,131
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❧ ENTRY 2 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 1.5 geld units.
13.5 villtax.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £1.5.
Value to lord in 1086 £1.
Value to lord c. 1070 £1.
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Households:
7 free men.
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Ploughland:
1 men's plough teams.
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Other resources:
Meadow 2 acres.
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Lord in 1066:
free men.
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Overlords in 1066:
Ely (St Etheldreda), abbey of;
Thorgisl.
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Lord in 1086:
Eudo the steward.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Eudo the steward.
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Phillimore reference:
24,4
❧ ENTRY 3 ❧
- Head of manor: Buckenham.
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 4.4 geld units.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £3.
Value to lord in 1086 £5.
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Households:
7 villagers.
4 smallholders.
1 slave.
4 free men.
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Ploughland:
3 lord's plough teams.
3 men's plough teams.
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Other resources:
Meadow 20 acres.
2 mills.
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Livestock in 1066:
2 cattle.
60 sheep.
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Livestock in 1086:
2 cattle.
14 pigs.
130 sheep.
5 beehives.
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Lords in 1066:
free man, one;
free men, two.
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Overlord in 1066:
Ely (St Etheldreda), abbey of.
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Lord in 1086:
William.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
John nephew of Waleran.
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Phillimore reference:
49,6
❧ ENTRY 4 ❧
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Taxable units:
Taxable value 5 geld units.
12.0 villtax.
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Value:
Value to lord in 1066 £6.
Value to lord in 1086 £8.2.
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Households:
12 villagers.
17 smallholders.
4 slaves.
1 freemen.
1 priest.
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Ploughland:
3 lord's plough teams.
3.5 men's plough teams.
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Other resources:
Meadow 4 acres.
Woodland 15 pigs.
2 mills.
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Livestock in 1066:
5 cattle.
200 sheep.
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Livestock in 1086:
2 cobs.
5 cattle.
25 pigs.
180 sheep.
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Lord in 1066:
Ely (St Etheldreda), abbey of.
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Lord in 1086:
Ely (St Etheldreda), abbey of.
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Tenant-in-chief in 1086:
Ely (St Etheldreda), abbey of.
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Places mentioned in this entry:
Brettenham;
Bridgham;
Roudham.
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Phillimore reference:
15,10
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