Bourne in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £8 in 1086
  • Households: 14 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 19 acres
  • Woodland: 1 mixed measure
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 3, value £1 10/-
  • Other resources: 6 fisheries

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs ( ⁷⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 1 mixed measure
  • Churches: 0.5
  • Mills: 0.66, value 5 shillings
  • Other resources: 6 fisheries

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Dodin of Rippingale (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 30 acres
  • Mills: 0.33, value 3/2½
  • Other resources: 6 fisheries

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Colton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 30 acres
  • Mills: 0.33, value 3/2½
  • Other resources: 6 fisheries

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ³⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 3 ¹⁄₂ acres
  • Woodland: 15 acres
  • Mills: 0.16, value 1/7¼
  • Other resources: 3 fisheries

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Swein
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Swein
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₈ men's ploughs ( ³⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 4 ¹⁄₂ acres
  • Woodland: 15 acres
  • Mills: 0.85, value 1/4¾
  • Other resources: 3 fisheries