Cuxwold in the Domesday Book

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

Eight manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fulcric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Verly (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 ³⁄₄ plough lands)

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Stenkil of Riby
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Siward the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Siward the priest
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₄ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₄ 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: Hugh son of Baldric
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 4 villagers; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leodwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gleu of Rothwell (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Rolf son of Skjaldvor
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Durand Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Durand Malet
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ³⁄₈ plough land)

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimkel
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman of Arcy (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough