Croxton in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hamelin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 8 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ansketil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eskil (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 7 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimkel
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hamelin (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 9 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 8 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

• 5th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Grimkel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Auti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)