Hanthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st 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: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 smallholders; 14 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (5 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 45 acres
  • Woodland: 40 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
  • Meadow: 45 acres
  • Woodland: 40 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorfridh
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Heppo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Sigmund of Hanthorpe (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 20 acres