Bicker in the Domesday Book

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

Five 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: 5 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 18 villagers; 1 smallholder; 19 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs (5 ⁷⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Other resources: 20 salthouses

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aethelstan son of Godram
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Craon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Guy of Craon
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Roald father of Thori
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Withar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene son of Topi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Baca
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse