Creeton in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godfrey of Cambrai
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey of Cambrai
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Woodland: 100 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Fredegaest
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Fredegaest; Brictmer
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baswin of Creeton (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (1 ⁵⁄₈ plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Leofric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofric
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ⁷⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 2 acres
  • Woodland: 30 acres