Pointon 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: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 16 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 32 acres
  • Woodland: 40 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aethelstan son of Godram
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Craon
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Warner of Pointon (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Woodland: 20 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Withar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godric the steward (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 2 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi son of Godram
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Conded (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Households: 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 4 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Arnbiorn of 'Avethorpe'
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Meadow: 3 acres
  • Woodland: 40 acres