Healing in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bernard (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders; 13 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 26 acres
  • Mills: 0.5, value 3 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sigar of Healing
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wadard of Cogges (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 ³⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 5 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Elaf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert son of Aubrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 3 villagers; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 25 acres