Domesday Book for Suffolk
East Anglian Miscellany Vol 17 1923 Item No 6538 - Ketel
There cannot be less than four persons thus termed in D. Book, and it
appears remarkable that there cannot be more than six, since this Danish
name was a general suffix in the Saxon form --"cytel." The most interesting
of these is "Ketel, King Edward's thegn," who was possessed of the
largest holding in Onehouse; this is not stated to be a lordship, though
the inclusion of the soke shows it to have been one. It consisted of two
hundred and twenty six acres, and embraced the church; there, too, this
Thegn had the mund of ten freemen with sixty acres, but they were not of
his homage, since he had no soke over them, and they were alienated after
the Conquest. Elsewhere in this county Thegn Ketel is only found sharing
the Rushford lordship with Thegn Alti, as there noticed.
Another substantial man is Freeman Ketel of Ixworth, where he held a lordship of
two hundred acres, with a mill and six freemen, who had twenty-nine
acres; he was in Ansgar the Staller's mund.
But I cannot find that Ansgar was Robert Blund's predecessor in Badwell Ash, for which
reason the identity of the Ketel there cannot be proved; he held a
lordship of 120 acres and three freemen, who had twenty two more.
Just possibly Ketel of Corton who was in Ulf Mannigesson's mund and there
held forty acres, was that nephew Ketel who is named in Thurcytel Heyng's
will of 1050 (Thetford); but he is almost as likely to have been the
Ketel in no stated mund who held a half-share in eighteen acres at Uggeshall,
or the other in Aluric's mund who had thirty acres and two freemen, with
six more in Weston.
Ketelwa (the female name Ketelwaru) in Norman's commendation, holding part of seventy
two communal acres in Trimley, is quite distinct. An apparently distinct Ketel is shown
to have been a tenant of Bury St Edmunds about the year ?1050 (Kemble, CD, 921).
Claude Morley.
Source: Domesday Book A Survey of the Counties of England. 34 Suffolk. Phillimore
1986 ISBN 0 85033 480 2
The original entry gives more detail, such as animals and meadowland held. This summary
contains Kettle names, placenames, extent of land and value of land.
Lands of the King
| 01 53 | Lothing Hundred. Browston; Ulfketel, free man 40 acres as a manor.
Value 5 shillings. |
| 01 122f | Risbridge Hundred. Thurleston; Thorkell and one other hold St
Lawrence's church with 12 acres since 1066. |
Land of Earl Hugh
| 04 14 | Blything Hundred. Uggeshall; Askell, a free man held before 1066.
2 carucates. 1 church. Value 40 shillings. |
| 04 19 | Wangford Hundred. Bungay; Ulfketel held 40 acres as a manor before
1066. Value 13s 4d. |
Lands of Robert Malet in Suffolk
| 06 130 | Plomesgate Hundred. Aldeburgh; Arkell, free man, 30 acres. Value
5 shillings. |
| 06 116 | Carlford Hundred. Rushmere; Thorkell, freeman. 44 acres value 2
shillings (with two others) |
| 06 223 | Hartismere Hundred. Thorndon; Thorkell, a free man. 30 acres,
value 10 shillings. |
| 06 264 | Loes Hundred. Framlingham; Thorkell, a free man. 4 acres, value 2
shillings. |
| 06 272 | Loes Hundred. Rendlesham; Ulfketel held before 1066. 1 carucate
as a manor. Value 40 shillings. |
| 06 274 | Loes Hundred. Clachestorp; Under the patronage of Ulfketel. 42
acres, value 7 shillings. |
| 06 275 | Loes Hundred. Gedgrave; Under the patronage of the same Ulfketel.
30 acres, value 5 shillings. |
Lands of Roger Bigot
| 07 13 | Bishop's Hundred. Heveningham; Ansketel holds since 1066. 1 carucate
as a manor. Value 20 shillings. |
| 07 25 | Blything Hundred. Covehithe; Under the patronage of Ulfketel. 20
acres value 3 shillings. |
| 07 27 | Blything Hundred. Heveningham; Ulfketel, free man held 24 acres,
value 8 shillings. |
| 07 36 | Blything Hundred. Darsham; Ansketel the priest, Roger Bigot's
chaplain, held 1 carucate Value 25 shillings. Thorkell was a smallholder. |
| 07 37 | Blything Hundred. Strickland; Askell, free man. 60 acres with 5
others. |
| 07 41 | Wangford Hundred. Ringsfield; One man under the patronage of
Ulfketel. |
| 07 49 | Wangford Hundred. Weston; Free man Ketel. 30 acres, value 30
shillings. |
| 07 104 | Hundred of Colneis. Thorpe; Ketel Ura, free man held 72 acres
with four others. Value 20 shillings. |
| 07 109 | Hundred of Colneis. Wadgate; Askell free man held 15 acres with
seven others. Value 3 shillings. |
| 07 119 | Hundred of Colneis. Stratton; Ulfketel, free man 38 acres, value
6 shillings. |
| 07 143 | Plomesgate Hundred. Sternfield; Free man Askell. |
The Bishop of Thetford's holding
| 19 15 | Bishop's Hundred. Flixton; Askell, free man. 30 acres value 10
shillings 8 pence. |
Suffolk Lands of St Etheldreda's
| 21 29 | Claydon Hundred. Westerfield; Thorkell, free man 8 acres value
16 pence. |
| 21 30 | Claydon Hundred. Pettaugh; the same Thorkell 20 acres value 5
shillings. |
| 21 62 | Cosford Hundred. Rushmere; Thorkell, a free man held before 1066.
80 acres, value 20 shillings. |
Land of Gilbert, Bishop of Evereux
| 22 2 | Wilford Hundred. Wickham Market; Thorkell, free man, 20 acres. (In
one version of the Book only) |
Lands of Richard Son of Count Gilbert
| 25 53 | Bosmere Hundred. Badley; Askell held before 1066. 2 caucates and
20 acres as a manor. Value 60 shillings. |
Lands of William of Warenne
| 26 12a | Blything Hundred. Wrentham; Thorkell, a free man held before 1066.
2 carucates of land as a manor. Value 40 shillings. |
| 26 12d | Blything Hundred. Henstead; Thorkell of Wrentham. |
Land of William brother of Roger of Auberville
| 30 3 | Bosmere Hundred. Bricett; Askell, a free man held 60 acres before
1066 as a manor, value 10 shillings. |
Lands of Ranulf Peverell
| 34 6 | Stow Hundred. Onehouse; Ketel, a thane of King Edward's held 1.5
carucates and 20 acres, a church. Value 40 shillings. |
| 34 7 | Bosmere Hundred. Burstall; Thorkell, a thane, held it before 1066
as a manor. 28 acres, value 5 shillings 4 pence. |
Lands of Peter of Valognes
| 37 6 | Bradmere Hundred. Rushford; Ketel free man and thane held before
1066. 2 carucates. Manor. Value 30 shillings with one other person. |
Lands of Roger of Rames
| 38 8 | Bosmere Hundred. Bricett; Ansketel holds since 1066. One carucate
as a manor. Value 25 shillings. |
Lands of Ranulf brother of Ilger
| 39 10 | Carlesford Hundred. Newbourn; Half free man Thorkell (named in
one version of the Book only) held with 17 others. One carucate of land, 40 acres, value
20 shillings. |
Land of Humphrey son of Aubrey
| 56 1 | Stow Hundred. Onehouse; 10 free men under patronage of Ketel. |
Lands of Robert Blunt
| 66 10 | Bradmere Hundred. Ixworth; Ketel, free man, held 200 acres as
a manor. Value 60 shillings. |
| 66 13 | Entry not found. Index is incorrect. |
| 66 16 | Hartismere Hundred. Wyverstone; R. Oudkell holds. |
Lands of Hervey of Bourges
| 67 10 | Carlford Hundred. Grundisburgh; 2 men under the patronage of Askell,
a guard, before 1066. |
Lands of Gilbert the Crossbowman
| 68 2 | Blything Hundred. Chediston; Askell. |
| 68 4 | Blything Hundred. Easton. Askell, freeman 20 acres 4 shillings
(with one other person.) |
Lands of Ralph the Crossbowman
| 69 3 | Lothingland half-hundred. Corton; Ketel before 1066. Freeman 4
shillings. |
Land of Vavassors
| 74 13 | Claydon Hundred. Whitton; Thorkell 40s4d (with 29 others.) |
Hugh of Houdain's annexation
| 76 14 | Hundred of Bosmere. Bricett; Askell 20 acres before 1066. |
Berenger's annexation
| 76 19 | Blything Hundred. Uggeshall; Ketel. free man 20 acres, 3
shillings (with one other.) |
Land of Roger Bigot
| ENf4 | Loddon Hundred. Mundham; Ulfketel the King's reeve has held
since 1066. 5 shillings. |
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