Normanby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 16 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 100 acres
  • Woodland: 72 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ketil; Esbiorn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Craon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Chancé (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ⁷⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 60 acres