Pickworth in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Households: 21 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 70 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Auti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: William of Pickworth (subinfeudated); 1 Freeman (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
  • Churches: 0.5

• 3rd Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aghmund son of Walraven; Swein
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ⁵⁄₈ men's plough (2 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 16 acres
  • Woodland: 33 acres
  • Churches: 0.5

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Auti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Pickworth (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough ( ³⁄₈ plough land)