Scawby in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimkel
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Paynel
  • Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
  • Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)

• 2nd 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: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₈ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)

• 3rd 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: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aghmund son of Walraven
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldric of Scawby (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ⁵⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 6 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)

• 5th 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: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers; 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)

• 6th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Durand Malet
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Chancé (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 3 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)

• 7th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgar
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 man (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 5/2½ in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough