Addlethorpe in the Domesday Book

A village in Candleshoe hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 17 villagers; 18 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs (4 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 440 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wiglac son of Siward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 32 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 400 acres
  • Churches: 2

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Toki of Burgh; Godwin; Godric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₄ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 160 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo of Mumby (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 2/7¼ in 1086
  • Households: 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 100 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Grimkel; Klak
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 3 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 100 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 6 villagers; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₈ men's ploughs ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 120 acres

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swartbrand son of Ulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ketilbiorn of Nettleton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketilbiorn of Nettleton
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Meadow: 80 acres

• 9th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough ( ¹⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 20 acres