Beesby in the Domesday Book

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

Three 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: 3 geld
  • Households: 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 6 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tonni of Lusby
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rademar (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Households: 8 smallholders; 20 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 90 acres
  • Woodland: 180 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aghmund son of Walraven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Evrold (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Churches: 1