Hockerton in the Domesday Book

A village in Lythe hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfsi; Thorkil of Hickling
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 11 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 36 acres
  • Woodland: 1 mixed measure
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori son of Roald
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 1 mixed measure

• 3rd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of St Peter York
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Southwell St Mary
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of York
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Meadow: 2 acres