Redbourne in the Domesday Book

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

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brunhyse; Skuli; Aghmund son of Walraven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
  • Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £13 in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 21 villagers; 4 smallholders; 6 freemen; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (14 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 140 acres
  • Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
  • Meadow: 30 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gamal
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 1/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 24 acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Arnketil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ³⁄₈ men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 24 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Heppo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Heppo the bowman
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Households: 2 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ³⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 6 acres

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough
  • Meadow: 8 acres

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Chancé (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld

• 8th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimbald
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern of Arques
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Chancé (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Meadow: 12 acres

• 9th Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Grimbald; Esbiorn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Odo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Chancé (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld