East Keal in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Stori of Bolingbroke
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sumarlithi son of Karli
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 12 villagers; 4 smallholders; 7 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Churches: 0.5

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 5 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sighvatr
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo son of Spirewic
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 5 acres