Helpringham in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelric son of Mergeat
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Vessey
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vessey
  • Taxable Value: 7 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £12 in 1086
  • Households: 13 villagers; 9 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (7 ³⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 15 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Boli; Bernheah
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 smallholder; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godfrey of Cambrai
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey of Cambrai
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Meadow: 4 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 4th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil; Algar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Conded (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: 2 acres