Drayton in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £70 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 6 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 40 acres
  • Other resources: 4.5 salthouses

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Crowland St Guthlac
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 5 villagers
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Other resources: 4 salthouses

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Dorchester
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Meadow: 8 acres
  • Other resources: 1 salthouse

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Greifi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Toli (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Other resources: 0.5 salthouses

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aethelstan son of Godram
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Craon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Guy of Craon
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 2 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Withar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godric
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Meadow: 2 acres