Domesday 1086

The Grandfather of the le Strange Estate is Ralph fitz Herluin who is also identified as Ralph, son of Herluin or Ralph of Hunstanton. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded him as holding two lands at Hunstanton, as one of 4 owners. (He also held other lands within the County of Norfolk).

Ralph was a wealthy (probably Norman) Knight with land worth about £24, which in 1086 was a healthy income allowing affordability for a Manor House.

Interestingly, one of his land holdings at Hunstanton was his most valuable in that County.

As we do not have his dates of birth & death it is difficult to ascertain how he acquired the Norfolk land. Whether he inherited them or he was handsomely rewarded with these assets through his own merits during the Norman Conquest, we cannot say.