Broughton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Merleswein the sheriff
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Taxable Value: 10 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £7 in 1086
  • Households: 34 villagers; 8 smallholders; 29 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 240 acres
  • Woodland: 2 leagues
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimkel
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066
  • Households: 5 tributaries
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 10 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Durand Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Durand Malet
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1086
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 10 acres