Alvingham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 7 villagers; 5 smallholders; 14 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 40 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulfgrim of Laughton; Eskil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 7 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Jaulfr
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Rainer of Brimeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainer of Brimeux
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Meadow: 7 acres