Billingborough in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Brunel (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 27 acres
  • Woodland: 26 acres
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 1, value 5/2½

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Karli
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 15 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toli
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 14 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 7 acres

• 5th 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: ¹⁄₂ geld