Morton in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Cwenleofu
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 8 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 freemen; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 18 acres
  • Woodland: 16 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Heppo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Heppo the bowman
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 9 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 10 acres
  • Woodland: 12 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 9 acres
  • Woodland: 16 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ramsey St Benedict
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 4 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 5 acres
  • Woodland: 8 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld