Cawthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

Three 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
  • Households: 10 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 24 acres

• 2nd 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: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 9 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 12 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld