Haconby in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Heppo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Heppo the bowman
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 13 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (3 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 40 acres
  • Woodland: 80 acres
  • Churches: 1
  • Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 20 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Stafford
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfrad (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 33 ¹⁄₂ acres
  • Woodland: 17 ¹⁄₂ acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene son of Topi
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Kimcote (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 10 acres