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Notes on Domesday entries

National Archives notes Open Domesday entry Little Domesday Book –Suffolk I Land of the King Belonging to the Realm, which Roger Bigod keeps in Suffolk. HUNDRED OF CARLFORD VI Robert Malet P1210 column 2 halfway down “In Lesser Waldringfield 1 sokeman of Eadric 22 acres of land, 1 bordar and 1 plough, worth 2s.” Also held land in Kesgrave and…
alyson
November 21, 2016
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Information from Court Rolls

We have Court Rolls dating back to 1356 for the Manor of Waldringfield Hilton and from 1561 for the Manor of Waldringfield Rivershall. These refer to Manors rather than to Waldringfield or Lesser  Waldringfield as in the Domesday book. They clearly overlapped the current parish but may have had diffent boundaries. As we saw in the Domesday Book records holding…
alyson
November 19, 2016
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Hugh Pearl – RIP

It has been said that Hugh Pearl was returning from a secret mission on April 1st 1939 when his seaplane crashed in the Deben leaving this scar in the mud. The simple headstone half way along Garden Field was the only reminder of his heroism.   Others, more sensibly, say it's obviously to do with drainage as we were informed by the company Hugh…
alyson
January 8, 2016
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1675 Will of Thomas Rivers IC/AA1/105/60

1675   Will of Thomas Rivers                       IC/AA1/105/60 In the name of God Amen the first day of January in the syven? & twentieth year Of the reigne of our sovergne Lord Charles the seconde by the grace of God of England Scotland Ffrance & Irelande Kinge Defender of the faythe and in the yeare of the Lord one thousande six hundred…
alyson
October 16, 2014
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0955 Will of Bishop Theodred

The earliest record we have yet found is the Will of Bishop Theodred in 955 (( Electronic Sawyer - S1526 Will of Bishop Theodred. https://esawyer.lib.cam.ac.uk/charter/1526.html. Accessed 26 Oct. 2019. )) which grants Waldringfield to his nephew Osgot. "Osgot (my sisters son) I grant the estate at Mendham (except I wish that the minster and a hide of land at Mendham…
alyson
October 14, 2014
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1839 Tithe Map and Apportionment

The 1839 Tithe Map was bought by a villager at a sale. It is 6ft wide by 4ft deep and printed on linen. The Suffolk Record Office have their own copy. We have scanned it and made some full size copies. Associated with the Tithe Map is the "Apportionment" which says who owned and used each piece of land. Surveyor…
alyson
March 4, 2011