Rippingale in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Crowland St Guthlac
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 60 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: Widald (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 3 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1086
  • Households: 10 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 60 acres
  • Woodland: 16 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Dodin of Rippingale (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 priest
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 20 acres
  • Woodland: 60 acres
  • Churches: 0.33