Bitchfield in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Barthi of Sleaford
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 8 smallholders; 6 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 13 acres
  • Woodland: 700 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baswin of Creeton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₄ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 14 acres
  • Woodland: 300 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leodfled
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Pickworth (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Woodland: 150 acres