Beelsby in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st 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: 4 geld
  • Households: 7 smallholders; 24 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 30 acres
  • Mills: 2.5, value £6

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Elaf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Waldin the artificer
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Mills: 0.5, value 3 shillings

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Odo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo the bowman
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aghmund son of Walraven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric son of Aghmund
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric son of Aghmund
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 6 acres