Halsham in the Domesday Book

A village in Holderness [South Hundred] hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); Archbishop of York; 2 clerics (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 35 ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £10 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 15 villagers; 86 smallholders; 10 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 23 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (35 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 32 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thor; Thorkil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunnar (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 4 acres